Bowfin

[Maine_Fishin38]

Yeah, they really are an interesting fish. Direct descendants of the fabled Leedsichthys problematicus (the largest fish that ever existed!) I've come to discover. The bowfin isn't the only species of fish which have adapted lung-type appratuses; other air-breathing species I've come into contact with include bichir, some exotic cats, and lungfish, many of which only utilize their lungs when oxygen content falls to miserable levels or (in the wild) drought forces them to relocate to a nearby body of water. When this becomes a neccesity fish such as the bowfin and lungfish will literally emerge from their former dwelling and slowly lurch across land in search of deep mud or another aquatic setting. Note the thin "legs" on either side of a lungfish's body...indicative of the species former amphibial abilities lost through evolution.

Anyways, I agree, bowfin are fascinating fish; I always like catching something out of the ordinary anyway.[cool]
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