Use caution with this data as some extreme values can be erroneous due to unsuspected errors in synop reports. All data should be verified. Note that the values we listed here are from international released synop reports, and for certain there will be other extreme values not in this list.
A medium-sized, greenish fish, the bowfin can be found in clear lakes and slow streams through much of Minnesota.Bowfin survive in murky, oxygen-depleted water by rising to the surface and gulping air into their air bladders.his primitive fish was around when dinosaurs roamed the earth. It is also known as a dogfish. The bowfin is a tubular, olive-green fish with a scaleless head and two barbels on its face. Its dorsal fin stretches most of the length of its back.
They are known as the Featherbacks, or Featherfin Knifefishes, and Knifefishes. They are found in Southeast Asia and Africa. This is a small group of knife fish, with only ten species in four genera. These fish are generally smaller fish that inhabit freshwater or brackish environments.Although they swim in a manner similar to the Gymnotiformes, they are not closely related.hese are not true knife fish, but are actually in the order Perciforms, which are the 'perches' or 'perch-like' fishes. These are the Grey knifefish Bathystethus cultratus, the Blue knifefish Labracoglossa nitida, Collared knifefish or Finscale razorfish Cymolutes torquatus, and the Jack-knifefish Equetus lanceolatus.