Lake Conway, home to largemouth bass, crappie, gar, catfish, bream, bowfin, etc. A few species of fish are present, including crappie, bowfin, and longnose gar. Ganoid scales are found in the sturgeons, paddlefishes, gars, bowfin, and bichirs. Gymnovaries are the primitive condition found in lungfish, sturgeon, and bowfin. Gar and bowfin have a vascularized swim bladder that functions in the same way. Bowfin and gar are common in the lower main stem. The thick ganoid scales of the gars are more primitive than those of the bowfin. The gars are therefore in this regard considered more primitive than the bowfin. The fish would compete with other carnivorous fish such as the bowfin ("Amia calva"). After hatching, larval bowfin do not swim actively in search of food. The pectoral girdle of the bowfin has six parts. A common parasite of bowfin is the anchor worm ("Lernaea"). Bimodal respiration helps bowfin survive and maintain their metabolic rate in hypoxic conditions. The jaw of a bowfin has several contributions. There were also some studies regarding the capacity of the bowfin to survive without food.