Dogfish vs. Bowfin: What's the Difference?

Any of various small sharks chiefly of the family Squalidae, often occurring in large schools.

A freshwater fish (Amia calva) of central and eastern North America, having a large mouth and a long dorsal fin, and producing roe that is sometimes used for caviar. Also called dogfish, mudfish; also called regionally choupique.

See bowfin.

A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.

Any of various small sharks

A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; - called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

Especially those from the family Squalidae

Primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae

A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae

(UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris

(Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula

(Canada) Squalus suckleyi

(Bermuda) Mustelus canis

(Barbados) Bodianus rufus

(Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis

(Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum

(Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii

(US) The bowfin, Amia calva.

A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

The burbot of Lake Erie.

Primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

Any of several small sharks