What is the bowfin?

also known as Dogfish, Mudfish and Grindle, Bowfin is a fish that has a length of 18 to 24 inches (about 46 to 61 cm) and is located in lakes and rivers in Eastern North America. The fish is known for its carefree head and a long dorsal fin, which leads almost the length of his body. The bowfin, weighing up to three pounds (about 1.37 kg), is olive -colored on the back and sides and white on the stomach and has bright green fins. Bowfins dates for more than 100 million years and comes from areas from Southeast Canada to Gulf Coast. The fish have a gas urinary bladder that allows them to extract oxygen from the air, and also have the ability to survive the dry nest in the mud. Women also have a round tail, but Lack orange color. Bowfish has a rounded body, a flattened head that resembles a snake head and dark eyes. In addition, the fish have a sharp jaw with sharp teeth. While most fish have skeletons made of bones, the bowfin has a skeleton that is composed of bone and cartilage.

Bowfin diet consists of spotted perch, catfish, crayfish, molluscs and frogs. This species is also known to go small rodents, snakes, leeches and even turtles. The bowfin, which is night, has few natural predators, but is often caught by Fisherman. The fish is known to be a good struggle, but bowfin is usually not desirable for consumption, because its meat is considered chewing.

aged three and five years, bowfins are capable of friction. Bowfins are reproduced at the end of spring in shallow water. Males are starting to build nests in weeds and attraction of women according to playla extension and biting. Sometimes more than one pair takes the same nest. Men often try to connect with more than one woman.

Men will aggressively protect eggs that hatch in less than two weeks, and even attack creatures that disrupt the nest. Men also protect young people who swim in schools. When young people get to the size of approximately four inchE (about 102 mm), the fish begin to walk alone. In the first year of existence, bowfins can grow by more than eight inches (about 203 mm) long.