Anglers often confuse and euthanize bowfin with the predatory, invasive fish species northern snakehead. Bowfin prefer weedy ...

scaly heads" and are "exceptionally slimy," and that they are often misidentified as Bowfin fish and pickerels. If anyone ...

Snakeheads have a snake-like appearance with a longer anal fin than a similar-looking bowfin fish. “The angler recognized they had something different and researched the fish’s characteristics ...

They are prolific breeders. Snakeheads look similar to the bowfin fish with a single dorsal fin running the length of their upper body. But snakeheads have a long anal fin that stretches from ...