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SpeciesAmiiformesAmiidae
Fish

🐟Bowfin

Amia calva Linnaeus, 1766

А́мія мулова (Amia calva) — вид риб, один з двох сучасних представників ряду кісткових ганоїдів, які в мезозої були панівною групою риб.

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≈ 1/12th of your weight
Also called
Amia calva
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2013.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
5.36 kg
Body length
0.53 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
30 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Bowfin

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
5.36 kgrecord 9.75 kg · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.53 mrecord 1.09 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
30 yearsrecord 30 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.81
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.81 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
5.4 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bowfin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAmiiformes
  4. ›familyAmiidae
  5. ›genusAmia
  6. ›speciesAmia calva
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAmiiformes
  3. familyAmiidae
  4. genusAmia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAmiiformes
  10. familyAmiidae
  11. genusAmia
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In other languages
Miękławka (pl), Amia calva (fr), 아미아고기 (ko), Amia calva (es), iszaphal (hu), Amia calva (it) … and 23 more languages
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