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	Freshwater Fish Facts - Alabama Bowfin
		A prominent fl spot-which is surrounded by a yellow or orange ring and located near the base of the caudal fin on young bowfins and adult males-is an excellent example of deceptive coloration.
		The absence of bowfin records from the Blackwater, Escatawpa, and Yellow rivers is probably due to insufficient sampling.
		Small bowfin typically form dense schools and remain in or near aquatic vegetation until they reach 4 to 5 inches (102 to 127 mm) total length, when they become more solitary in lifestyle.
	www.outdooralabama.com /fishing/freshwater/fish/bowfin (778 words)

	Pearl Harbor.com - USS Bowfin Submarine Museum
		USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park's mission is to restore and preserve the WWII submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287).
		The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park is operated by the non-profit Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association.
		USS Bowfin was acquired from the U.S. Navy in 1979 and opened to the public in 1981.
	www.pearl-harbor.com /bowfin/bowfin.html (479 words)

	"Iowa Fish & Fishing" - bowfin
		The bowfin is a primitive type fish and the sole representative of an ancient fish family.
		Bowfin attain a length of 6 to 8 inches at the end of the first growing season and often reach 2 feet or more at maturity.
		The bowfin is primarily carnivorous, feeding largely on fishes of all kinds, frogs, crayfish, large insects and their larvae, leeches and other aquatic life.
	www.iowadnr.com /fish/iafish/bowfin.html (535 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Bowfin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bowfins typically inhabit lowlands and are common in backwaters, oxbow lakes, and clear, well-vegetated streams.
		Bowfins have kidney tubules opening directly into the coelomic cavity in contrast to other freshwater rayfin fish which have their kidneys closed off from the body cavity.
		The bowfin is commonly known as cottonfish in some parts, due to the fact that when they are improperly cooked or eaten cold, the flesh is said to ball up in one's mouth like cotton.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/Bowfin/Bowfin.html (1242 words)

	Bowfin Family, Amiidae (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bowfin are the lone survivors of an earlier primitive family of fish known mostly through fossils.
		The distribution of the bowfin in New York is similar to that of the longnose gar.
		Bowfins feed on all sorts of aquatic animals-crustaceans, adult insects and larvae, and small fish.
	fish.dnr.cornell.edu /nyfish/Amiidae/bowfin.html (298 words)

	Bowfin Culture At The University Of Southwestern Louisiana
		Bowfin are said to be able to "estivate" in mud if their habitat dries up.
		Bowfin normally spawn in late January-February-early March in south Louisiana depending on water conditions, especially "spring" flooding and temperature - low to mid 60_ F. The young fish reach a size of 3-4 inches by early-late April when their "natal" schools break up.
		Note, reproduction of bowfin in one year is not really an unreasonable speculation when one realizes that largemouth bass and crappies with very similar feeding habits mature and spawn in one year in the region.
	www.nativefish.org /articles/Bowfin_Culture.php (3019 words)

	Bowfin: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		Bowfin are found throughout much of Minnesota in lakes and streams (the exception are the Hudson Bay and Lake Superior watersheds).
		Bowfin are abundant in much of Minnesota and are in no danger of overharvest.
		Bowfin survive in murky, oxygen-depleted water by rising to the surface and gulping air into their air bladders.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/fish/bowfin.html (346 words)

	Bowfin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The bowfin and the gar are two of the freshwater fishes still extant that existed, almost unchanged from their current form, while the great dinosaurs roamed the earth.
		The most distinctive characteristic of the bowfin is its very long dorsal fin consisting of 45 to 50 rays, and running from mid-back to the base of the tail.
		When the oxygen level is low (as often happens in still waters), the bowfin can rise to the surface and gulp air into its swim bladder, which is lined with blood vessels and can serve as a sort of lung.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowfin (384 words)

	DNR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bowfins have one dorsal fin that covers more than half of their total length.
		The bowfin and gars are remnants of an ancient group of fishes that was ancestral to most of today's fishes.
		The gas bladder functions as a supplement to the gills, and a bowfin may be seen gulping air at the surface.
	dnr.state.il.us /lands/education/fish/bowfin.htm (202 words)

	Bowfin
		Bowfin (SS-287) was laid down by the Portsmouth CN.H.) Navy Yard on 23 July 1942; launched on 7 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
		Later in the day, members of Bowfin’s crew heard distant explosions and inferred that Billfish was going after the remnants of the convoy, a conclusion which proved to be correct, for their sister ship managed to damage two Japanese ships totaling about 12,000 tons.
		Despite the efforts of the enemy escorts and of five circling Japanese aircraft, Bowfin attacked the convoy but could not follow the progress of her torpedoes because one of them had boomeranged and threatened her by running in a circular pattern.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b8/bowfin-i.htm (2852 words)

	bowfin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The bowfin has a light covering of rounded, overlapping scales, a large mouth, and sharp teeth.
		Bowfins are also called freshwater dogfish; they are voracious and destructive feeders on fish and invertebrates and are sometimes cannibalistic.
		Bowfins are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Amiiformes, family Amiidae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/bowfin.html (197 words)

	The North American Bowfin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The bowfin, Amia calva, are the last of an ancient family of fishes that lived 200 - 50 million years ago.
		Bowfin are found from the St. Lawrence river, west to the Mississippi, south to Texas and down in Florida in the southeast.
		Bowfin are not especially aggressive, although they are very voracious.
	aquariacentral.com /articles/bowfin.shtml (601 words)

	Anglerama: First Post, First Fish - The Bowfin
		Bowfin are found throughout much of the American Midwest, down into the South and Florida, and over into Texas as well.
		Bowfin eggs are sold as "American Caviar" and considered a bit of a delicacy.
		That bowfin anglers page is a great place to start, and the National Wildlife Federation provides this detailed profile of the species as well.
	anglerama.blogspot.com /2005/04/first-post-first-fish-bowfin.html (424 words)

	The Bowfin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, if the Bowfin is kept in normal aquarium temperatures, the oxygen level can become too thin for it to handle, so some sort of extra aeration must be provided from a spray bar, powerhead, or similar device.
		Bowfins can be kept in outdoor pools as long as the water doesn't freeze solid to the ground in the winter.
		Bowfins can become quite tame, and with patience, can be encouraged to take food from the owner's hand.
	www.aquariacentral.com /fishinfo/fresh/bowfin.shtml (332 words)

	NPWRC :: Fishes in the Red River
		The bowfin was first reported in the Red River drainage from Little Pine Lake (Otter Tail River drainage) in 1955, and from the outlet of Many Point Lake (Otter Tail River) in 1967 (Eddy et al.
		As bowfin are usually found in clear water and abundant vegetation (Becker 1983), the high turbidity of the Red River may be important in preventing its dispersal.
		The bowfin has not been reported from Hudson Bay drainage subsystems in Canada (Crossman and McAllister 1986), the Rainy River/Lake of the Woods (Underhill 1989), or in the Missouri River drainage in North Dakota (Ryckman 1981) or South Dakota (Bailey and Allum 1962).
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/fish/fishred/bowfin.htm (255 words)

	USS Bowfin, Honolulu
		The Bowfin is one of the most sophisticated submarines produced by the USA during World War II.
		Bowfin submarine docked at Pearl Harbor submarine museum.
		On deck of the Bowfin submarine in Pearl Harbor.
	www.planetware.com /honolulu/uss-bowfin-us-hi-341.htm (151 words)

	Bowfin
		RANGE AND HABITAT: The bowfin is native to Ohio, and is found primarily in large natural lakes, rivers, oxbows, embayments or other systems where clear water and abundant rooted aquatic vegetation is present.
		Bowfin can withstand turbidity from algal blooms, but not from clay silts.
		Little is known about the bowfin in Ohio other than they spend much of their time in or around vegetation.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Fishing/aquanotes-fishid/bowfin.htm (218 words)

	Welcome to The Minnesota Bowfin Club
		The tournament rules state that all Bowfin must be returned to the water alive and unharmed in order to preserve this resource.
		The patterns and techniques used in bass fishing are easily adapted to catching bowfin early in the spring.
		The Bowfin is considered a “rough fish,” and is not traditionally sought after by sports anglers using artificial lures.
	eot.com /~jstokka/bowfin/bowfinnews.htm (663 words)

	Bowfin / Fish of the Great Lakes by Wisconsin Sea Grant
		Bowfins are especially well-represented in fossils from the middle Mesozoic era, more than 100 million years ago.
		The current species is somewhat of a relict, with a primitive skeleton (part bone and part cartilage) and a double skull (a bony outer layer and a cartilage inner layer), characteristics it shares with members of the gar family.
		Yet it is an important part of the ecosystem--it inhabits waters generally populated by panfish or nongame fishes, and its performs the population control necessary to prevent stunting.
	www.seagrant.wisc.edu /greatlakesfish/fbowfin.html (518 words)

	Bowfin
		A close relative of the gar, the bowfin is a stout-bodied fish with a long, undulating dorsal fin that covers more than half the length of its body.
		In addition to gills, the bowfin has a modified air bladder that enables it to use air by gulping at the water’s surface.
		Bowfin live in lakes and large slow-moving rivers with muddy bottoms and dense vegetation.
	www.ncwildlife.org /pg03_Fishing/profiles/pages/Bowfin.htm (325 words)

	Bowfin
		The bowfin is a primitive type fish and the sole representative of an ancient fish family dating from the Jurassic period, appx.
		Bowfin attain a length of 6 to 8 inches at the end of the first growing season and often reach 2 feet or more at maturity.
		The bowfin is primarily carnivorous, feeding largely on fishes of all kinds, frogs, crayfish, large insects and their larvae, leeches and other aquatic life.
	www.vernonweb.com /bowfin.htm (4409 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		The pressure hull of USS Bowfin is reinforced with high tensile steel to enable her to operate at depths in excess of 400 feet.
		USS Bowfin received the Presidential Unit Citation for her second war patrol, the Navy Unit Commendation for her sixth war patrol, and eight battle stars for her World War II service.
		Although USS Bowfin operated primarily out of Australia during her wartime career she did sortie from Pearl Harbor for some of her war patrols and she did use the submarine repair facilities there during the war.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/bowfin.htm (922 words)

	StarBulletin.com \| Travel \| /2005/12/04/
		The USS Bowfin is moored between the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center and the Ford Island bridge.
		Bowfin, centerpiece of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association exhibit on the other side of the big-top venders' tent from the USS Arizona Memorial Visitors Center, is possibly the best-preserved American submarine of the World War II years.
		Bowfin is of the class of submarines called Balao, a souped-up edition of the Gato submarine, the standard American undersea boat of the war, all of which were named after fish.
	starbulletin.com /2005/12/04/travel/story01.html (374 words)

	New York's Unusual Fish-- Part I
		The bowfin is another of New York State's living dinosaurs, having been here for the last 60 million years.
		Bowfin are so distinct in appearance they are unlikely to be confused with other fish species.
		Their modified swim bladder is lung-like, enabling bowfin to gulp air at the water's surface.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/fish/fishspecs/unu1text.html (2703 words)

	Fishes of Minnesota-Bowfin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bowfins are commonly found in lakes and large, slow river, especially in the backwaters.
		Humans catch bowfins when they angle for other fish, but they usually release their catch because bowfins are not good tasting fish.
		Bowfins spawn in the spring (May to early June in Minnesota), when the water warms beyond 16° C (61° F).
	www.gen.umn.edu /research/fish/fishes/bowfin.html (831 words)

	USS Bowfin SS 287 Second War Patrol (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Crashing through the rough seas, on the surface, Bowfin torpedoed and sank the 5,000 ton Ogurasan Maru and the 5,400 ton freighter, Tainan Maru.
		The weary fire control party on Bowfin sighted another ship at 8:30 a.m., and after two hours of difficult tracking, destroyed the transport with four torpedoes.
		Bowfin approached the merchantmen on the surface, and in poor visibility at 3:15 a.m., sank the cargo ship, Sydney Maru, and the tanker, Tonan Maru.
	www.crwflags.com /chesbase/z-bowfin.html (381 words)

	Welcome to The Minnesota Bowfin Club
		Bowfin are most readily caught in April and early May when they move into the shallows during the pre-spawn period.
		Some say bowfin are called dogfish because of the barking sound they make when they've been out of water too long.
		Bowfin not only are hardy, they're tough fighters that have fooled more than one fishermen into thinking he hooked the biggest walleye in the lake.
	eot.com /~jstokka/bowfin/bowfinmedia.htm (3012 words)

	Bowfin in Focus
		These young-of-year bowfin were collected 08 May 2002 from a small floodplain pool in the Bayou Meto drainage, Arkansas.
		Photo below shows three that died within a few hours of each other and material that was expelled from their mouths: remains of bloodworms and the bodies of tapeworms.
		Bowfin frequently carry large and distinctive parasite loads, but direct evidence suggesting that the parasites can kill the fish is rare.
	www.nanfa.org /fif/bowfin.shtml (138 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Bowfin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On a noteworthy patrol in November 1943, Bowfin sank 12 vessels, only five of which were officially credited to the boat.
		Bowfin was the boat selected by Admiral Christie when he went on a war patrol, thus becoming the only U.S. Flag Officer to be aboard a submarine during combat.
		Bowfin was also awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation for her wartime service.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/bowfin.htm (283 words)

	USS Bowfin (SS-287) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bowfin was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine on 23 July 1942; launched on 7 December 1942 by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James O. Gawne.; and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Commander Joseph H. Willingham in command.
		Bowfin was decommissioned on 12 February 1947 and placed in reserve at New London in Connecticut, until recommissioned on 27 July 1951.
		Bowfin was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her 2nd offensive war patrol and the Navy Unit Commendation for her 6th offensive war patrol and eight battle stars for her World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bowfin_(SS-287) (624 words)

	The Virtual Aquarium of Virginia Tech--Bowfin
		Bowfin are also an ancient family of fishes and are represented by only one living species found in North America rivers.
		Bowfin have a lunglike gas bladder, can breath air similar to gar, and can survive in low oxygen environments.
		Bowfin are effective predators on fish and crayfish.
	www.cnr.vt.edu /efish/families/amiidae.html (118 words)

	Bowfin (Amia calva) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although found in rivers and large streams, Bowfins thrive in swamps, sloughs, backwater areas of reservoirs, and oxbow lakes such as those along the Black Warrior River in Greene County.
		The Bowfin is a long, cylindrical fish with a prominent backbone that flexes upward into a rounded tail.
		A prominent fl spot - which is surrounded by a yellow or orange ring and located near the base of the fin on adult males and young Bowfins.
	www.blackwarriorriver.org /bowfin.htm (143 words)

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