The New York State department of Environmental Conservation has featured the bowfin as its species spotlight. Its scientific ...

The New York State department of Environmental Conservation has featured the bowfin as its species spotlight. Its scientific name is amia calva and its nicknames are dogfish or mudfish.

A New Jersey state record bowfin was landed last month on the Mantua Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River. The fisherman was Frank Hubert Jr, who resides in Wilmington, Delaware. Hubert told ...

The bowfin, also known as mudfish and choupique in other regions, is considered a living fossil, relatively untouched by evolution for millions of years. They have a long, eellike body and a bony ...