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Fingerling Bowfin

Photo of a netful of bowfin fingerlings

Bowfin are hardy fish that inhabit backwaters, oxbow lakes and swamps. Since the age of the dinosaurs (200 million years ago), they have taken advantage of flood pulses.

By: Frank Nelson

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