Description
Family Amiidae
Distribution: eastern North America. Short heterocercal caudal fin. Long dorsal fin base . About 48 dorsal rays . Large median gular plate . Branchiostegal rays 10-13. Swim bladder capable of respiratory function. Pyloric caeca absent. Maximum branchiostegal expansion and hyoid depression attained with closed jaws . About 90 cm maximum length in only recent species Amia calva. Earliest occurrence of Amia calva in the fossil record is reported for the Pleistocene .The family Amiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Amiiformes. It contains 1 genus and 1 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is amiiform. Members of this family have been dated back to the Jurassic period. This family may be found from 50° n to 25° s and 100° w to 68° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, amia = a kind of shark
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Order:
Amiiformes
()
- Hay, 1829
- Order:
Amiiformes
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amia
There are approximately 18 species in this genus:
A. arafurae · A. calra · A. calva (Bower´s Parrotfish) · A. elizabethae · A. fasciata stevensi · Apogon aureus · A. fragosa · A. fragosus · A. grossidens · A. kehreri · A. lateralis · A. nigriceps · A. nigrocincta · A. pattersoni · A. ruppelli · A. savayensis · A. scutata · A. uintaensis
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6074206
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16334363
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2210921
