Re: NANFA-- OT: African Butterfly Fish

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:57:01 EST

I have no foreknowledge, and I'm not gonna look it up first; I'll guess that
bowfins are the closest relatives of the African butterfly fish et al.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, of Alabama

> >Did I miss something? What si the NA fish that is related to the African
> >butterfly fish?
>
>Nope. The question is still at large.
>
>Hint: They're related to arowanas and elephantnose fishes, too.
>
>Chris Scharpf
>Baltimore

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