Overview
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Amiiformes is an order of fish, of which only one species, the Bowfin, Amia calva, is still extant.
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Amiiformes Hay 1929
- Superfamily Amioidea Bonaparte 1838
- Family Amiidae Bonaparte 1837
- Subfamily Amiinae Bonaparte 1837
- Genus Amia Linnaeus 1766
- Genus Cyclurus Agassiz 1836 (synonyms = Kindleia, Paramiatus, Stylomyleodon)
- Genus Pseudamiatus Whitley
- Subfamily Amiopsinae Grande and Bemis 1998
- Genus Amiopsis Kner 1863 (type) (synonym = Urocles)
- Subfamily Solnhofenamiinae Grande and Bemis 1998
- Genus Solnhofenamia Grande and Bemis 1998 (type)
- Subfamily Vidalamiinae Grande and Bemis 1998
- Tribe Calamopleurini Grande and Bemis 1998
- Genus Calamopleurus Agassiz 1841 (synonyms = Enneles)
- Genus Maliamia Patter son and Longbottom 1989
- Tribe Vidalamiini Grande and Bemis 1998
- Genus Melvius Bryant 1987
- Genus Pachyamia Chalifa and Tchernov 1982
- Genus Vidalamia White and Moy-Thomas 1941 (homonym = Vidalia Sauvage 1903)
- Genus Nipponamia Yabumoto 1994
- Tribe Calamopleurini Grande and Bemis 1998
- Subfamily Amiinae Bonaparte 1837
- Family Furidae Jordan 1923
- Genus Caturus Agassiz 1834 (synonyms = Conodus, Ditaxiodus, Endactis, Strobilodus, Thlattodus)(homonym = Uraeus Agassiz 1833)
- Genus Heterolepidotus Egerton 1872 (synonyms = Brachyichthys, Eulepidotus)
- Genus Osteorachis Egerton 1868
- Family Paracentrophoridae Obruchev 1964
- Genus Paracentrophorus Piveteau 1941
- Family Promecosominidae Wade 1941
- Genus Promecosomina Wade 1935
- Family Amiidae Bonaparte 1837
Timeline of genera
Taxonomy
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The Order Amiiformes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (5): Amiidae · Caturidae · Liodesmidae · Palaeolabridae · Sinamiidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species and subspecies in the Order Amiiformes.
Families
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Amiidae
Amiidae is a family of primitive ray-finned fish. Only one species, Amia calva, the bowfin, survives today, although additional species in all four subfamilies are known from Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene fossils. [more]
Caturidae
Liodesmidae
Palaeolabridae
Sinamiidae
More info about the Family Sinamiidae may be found here.
References
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- ^ Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0471250317
- ^ "Amiidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2009 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2009.
- ^ Berra, Tim M. (2001). Freshwater Fish Distribution. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-093156-7
Sources
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