(1) The bowfin prefers backwater lakes and rivers and probably came from the LaMoine or Illinois valley.(2) They have been suggested to be the sister group of Acipenseriformes + Neopterygii (gars, bowfin , and teleosts) by both morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies.(3) A single bowfin (Amia calva; family Amiidae) was also collected at Cross Lake.(4) Some of the fish orders with both fresh and saltwater species are the toadfish order, garpike order, bowfin , sturgeon, herring/anchovy, salmon/trout/pike, catfish, clingfish, stickleback, scorpionfish, and flatfish orders.(5) There are bowfins , longnose and Florida gars, 15 species of sunfish, seven species of catfish, largemouth bass, and Suwannee bass.(6) This group included a number of lineages, including relatives of today's gars and bowfins .
