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Amia calva, Print, Bowfin (Amia calva) are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, swamp trout and choupique. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes which dates from the Jurassic to the Eocene, persisting to the present. Although bowfin are highly evolved, they are often referred to as "primitive fishes" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their early ancestors., 1700-1880.

Amia calva, Print, Bowfin (Amia calva) are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, swamp trout and choupique. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes which dates from the Jurassic to the Eocene, persisting to the present. Although bowfin are highly evolved, they are often referred to as "primitive fishes" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their early ancestors., 1700-1880.
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Amia calva, Print, Bowfin (Amia calva) are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, swamp trout and choupique. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes which dates from the Jurassic to the Eocene, persisting to the present. Although bowfin are highly evolved, they are often referred to as "primitive fishes" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their early ancestors., 1700-1880
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Keywords:
AMIA CALVA • BONY FISHES RELATED • BOWFIN • CHOUPIQUE • COMMON NAMES INCLUDE MUDFISH • DATES • DOGFISH • EARLY ANCESTORS • EOCENE • GARS • GRIDDLE • GRINNEL • HIGHLY EVOLVED • INFRACLASS HOLOSTEI • JURASSIC • MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS • MUD PIKE • ORDER AMIIFORMES • PERSISTING • PRESENT • PRIMITIVE FISHES • PRINT • REFERRED • REGARDED • RETAINED • SOLE SURVIVING SPECIES • SWAMP TROUT • TAXONOMIC RELICTS