FIG. 1 in Spawning Behavior in a Non-Teleost Actinopterygian: Genetic Evidence for Both Monogamy and Polygamy in Amia

FIG. 1. Roving and guarding male bowfin in spawning coloration. (A) Male swimming in Big Bay Creek, New York. Note bright green fins and the prominent ocellus on the caudal peduncle, both characteristic of spawning coloration (photo copyright David O. Brown, using scuba). (B) Male lying on constructed nest with stripped roots (photo by A. McCune using an Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 camera). (C) Male guarding fry on his nest. Black fry are seen in contrast to the brown substrate and are in a round patch underneath the male from approximately the snout to just anterior to the pelvic fins (photo by A. McCune).