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Amia calva

Amia calva

bowfin(+1)·Linnaeus, 1766

GBIF:155321257

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Freshwater

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Geographic Distribution(1)

North West Atlantic

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

engbowfinengfrapoisson-castorfra

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

engbowfin
eng
Source: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
frapoisson-castor
fra
Source: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (3246 nucleotides; 16738 proteins)

NCBI:txid7924

UNKNOWN

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References(3)

  • 1

    Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

    basis of record
  • 2

    Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].

    original description
  • 3

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155321257
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5207891
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157877
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026