Tony
"R. W. Wolff" wrote:
>
> It is not a bowfin, the scales are shaped wrong, and the maxilla ( "lip") is
> also wrong. In a bowfin the maxilla goes under the eye, with a wideing
> behind the eye. Probably a snakehead of some sort, by looking at how the
> area where a bowfin would have a gular plate is hanging down and the shape
> of the maxilla. The color is right . If the teeth could be seen in a shot
> like this, they would be more needle like and more numerous on a bowfin.
> Bowfin teeth are usually not so visible until you look into a gaping mouth,
> or it bites down on something.
>
> Ray
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