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TABS Species Account TN00014

TN00014 BOWFIN AMIA CALVA

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

References

788* Carlander, K.D. 1969. Handbook of Freshwater Fishery 
Biology. Life History Data on Freshwater Fishes of the United 
States and Canada,Exclusive of the Perciformes. 1. Iowa State 
Univ., Ames:752.

816* 1980. Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. Lee, D.S., 
Gilbert, C.R., Hocutt, C.H., McAllister, R.E., Stauffer, J.R., 
Jr. (eds.). Pub. 1980-12 of N. Car. Biol. Surv, N. C. State Mus. 
of Nat. Hist., Raleigh:854.

835* Cooper, E.L. 1983. The Fishes of Pennsylvania. Penn. State 
Univ. Press, University Park.

842* Scott, W.B., Crossman, E.J. 1973. Freshwater fishes of 
Canada. Can. Fish. Res. Board Bull. 184.:966.

1115* Fowler, H.W. 1919. A list of the fishes of Pennsylvania. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 32.:49-74.

1131* Mansuet, A.J., Hardy, J.D., Jr. 1967. Development of 
fishes of the Chesapeake Bay region. Part 1.. Nat. Res. Inst. 
Univ. Md., Baltimore:202.

1138* Cooper, G.P., Schafer, R.N. 1954. Studies on the 
population of legal-size fish in Whitmore Lake, Washtenaw and 
Livingston counties, Mich. Trans. N. Am. Wildl. and Nat. Res. 
Conf. 19.:239-259.

1346* Lagler, K.F., Applegate, V.C. 1942. Further studies of the 
food of the bowfin (Amia calva) in southern Michigan, with notes 
on the inadvisability of using trapped fish in food analyses. 
Copeia 1942.:190-191.

1347* Lagler, K.F., Hubbs, F.V. 1940. Food of the long-nosed gar 
(Lepisosteus osseus) and the bowfin (Amia calva) in southern 
Michigan. Copeia 1940.:239-241.

1351* Berry, F.H. 1955. Food of the mudfish (Amia calva) in Lake 
Newman, Florida in relation to its management. Quart. J. Fla. 
Acad. Sci. 18.:69-75.

2212* Cahn, A.R. 1927. An ecological study of the southern 
Wisconsin fishes. The brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus) 
and the cisco (Leucichthys artedi) in their relations to the 
region. Ill. Biol. Monogr. 11.:1-151.

2979* Forbes, S.A., Richardson, R.E. 1908. The fishes of 
Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana:357.

2980* Cross, F.B. 1967. Handbook of fishes in Kansas. Misc. 
Publ. No. 45. Museum Natural History, Univ. Kansas, 
Lawrence:357.

2989* Harding, K.C. 1931. Nesting habits of the black-throated 
blue warbler. Auk 48.:512-522.

3121* Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, 
secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, 
differentiis, synonymis, locis. 12th ed. 1.:532.

4205* Jenkins, R.E. 1984. Fishes of Virginia (tentative)..

5705*...

5989* Reighard, J. 1940. The natural history of Amia clava 
(Linnaeus). Mark Anniv. 4.:57-108.

5991* Reynolds, W.W., Casterlin, M.E., Willington, S.T. 1978. 
Circadian rhythm of preferred temperature in the bowfin, Amia 
calva, a primitive holostean fish. Comp. Physiol. A 
60(1).:107-109.

6199* Dillard, J.G. 1965. Food consumption and growth of the 
bowfin. UNPB., Univ. of MO, Columbia.:74.

6232* Holland, H.T. 1964. Ecology of the bowfin (Amia calva 
linnaeus) in southeastern Missouri. UNPB., Univ, of MO, 
Columbia.:89.

6266* Robinson, J.W. 1980. Collection of commercial fisheries 
harvest data in Missouri, 1975, 1976, 1977, AND 1978. UNPB., 
Final Report, Project 2-291-R-3, Study A, Natn. Marine Fisheries 
Service.:21.

6268* Robinson, J.W. 1982. Missouri's commercial fishery 
harvest, 1980. UNPB., Progress Report, Program 2-363-R-2, 
Project 1, Natn. Marine Fisheries Service.:15.

TN5002* Eagar, D. and R.H. Hatcher, editors. 1980. Tennessee's 
rare wildlife Volume I: the vertebrates. Tennessee Wildlife 
Resources Agency, Nashville, TN.

TN5056* Trauman, M.B., 1957. The fishes of Ohio. Ohio State 
University Press, Columbus, OH.

TN5057* Etnier, D.A. unpublished. Fishes of Tennessee. 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

TN5058* Clay, W.M., 1975. The Fishes of Kentucky. Kentucky Dept. 
of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, KY. 416p.

TN5071* Pflieger, W.L., 1975. The fishes of Missouri. Missiour 
Dept. of Conserv., Jefferson City, MO. 343p.

TN5072* Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.A. 
McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (editors). 1980 et seq. Atlas 
of North American Freshwater Fishes. N.C. State Museum of 
Natural History, Raleigh, NC.

TN5076* Goodyear, C.P., 1967. Feeding habits of three species of 
gars, Lepisosteus, along the Mississippi coast. Trans. Amer. 
Fish. Soc. 96:297-300.

TN5175* Werner, R.G. 1980. Freshwater fishes of New York state: 
a field guide. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 186p.

TN5176* Becker, G.C. 1983. Fishes of Wisconsin. The University 
of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WS 1052p.

TN5182* Hoffman, G.L. 1967. Parasites of North American 
freshwater fishes. Univ. of California Press, Los Angeles. 486p.

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