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The researchers also sequenced the bichir, an elongated, air-breathing, ray-finned fish that lives in the shallows of tropical African rivers, as well as the American paddlefish, the bowfin, and the alligator gar.

In the Jackson area, one man was filmed running onto Old Brandon Road and plucking a large bowfin from the water that covered the street.

The executive chef, Sandy Ingber, served it until last year, when the price for the Louisiana bowfin he used became prohibitive.

The caviar sandwich, priced under $15 dollars, briefly disappeared from the Oyster Bar’s menu several months ago after the cost of bowfin caviar soared.

The Department of Natural Resources says species that can be taken during both seasons include bowfin, carp, goldfish, gizzard shad, longnose gar, smelt and suckers.