Annual growth in total Medicare spending averaged 4.1% between 2010 and 2014, compared to 9.0% between 2000 and 2010, based on data from OACT, despite growth in the number of beneficiaries and increases in health care costs over these years (Figure 3) .
bowfin - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America. Amia calva, dogfish, grindle. ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering. Amia, genus Amia - type genus of the Amiidae.
They are known as the Featherbacks, or Featherfin Knifefishes, and Knifefishes. They are found in Southeast Asia and Africa. This is a small group of knife fish, with only ten species in four genera. These fish are generally smaller fish that inhabit freshwater or brackish environments.Although they swim in a manner similar to the Gymnotiformes, they are not closely related.hese are not true knife fish, but are actually in the order Perciforms, which are the 'perches' or 'perch-like' fishes. These are the Grey knifefish Bathystethus cultratus, the Blue knifefish Labracoglossa nitida, Collared knifefish or Finscale razorfish Cymolutes torquatus, and the Jack-knifefish Equetus lanceolatus.