Amiiformes
Encyclopedia
Amiiformes is an order
of fish
, of which only one species, the Bowfin
, Amia calva, is still extant
.
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
, of which only one species, the Bowfin
Bowfin
The Bowfin, Amia calva, is the last surviving member of the order Amiiformes , and of the family Amiidae...
, Amia calva, is still extant
Extant
Extant is a term commonly used in biology to refer to taxa, such as species, genera and families, that are still in existence, meaning still alive.The term extant contrasts with extinct.-Example:...
.
Taxonomy
Amiiformes Hay 1929- Superfamily Amioidea Bonaparte 1838
- Family AmiidaeAmiidaeAmiidae 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....
Bonaparte 1837- Subfamily Amiinae Bonaparte 1837
- Genus AmiaAmiaAmia, AMIA, or AMiA can refer to:*American Medical Informatics Association*Bowfin, a fish genus*Anglican Mission in the Americas*Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish community center located in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
Linnaeus 1766 - Genus Cyclurus Agassiz 1836 (synonyms = Kindleia, Paramiatus, Stylomyleodon)
- Genus Pseudamiatus Whitley
- Genus Amia
- Subfamily Amiopsinae Grande and Bemis 1998
- Genus AmiopsisAmiopsisAmiopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the Amiidae family.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...
Kner 1863 (type) (synonym = Urocles)
- Genus Amiopsis
- 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 CalamopleurusCalamopleurusCalamopleurus is an extinct genus of bowfin, comprising three species: C. cylindricus and C. mawsoni from Brazil and C. africanus from Africa....
Agassiz 1841 (synonyms = Enneles) - Genus Maliamia Patterson and Longbottom 1989
- Genus Calamopleurus
- 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 HeterolepidotusHeterolepidotusHeterolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...
Egerton 1872 (synonyms = Brachyichthys, Eulepidotus) - Genus OsteorachisOsteorachisOsteorachis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...
Egerton 1868
- Family Macrosemiidae Thiollière 1858
- Genus NotagogusNotagogusNotagogus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...
Agassiz 1835
- Genus Notagogus
- Family Paracentrophoridae Obruchev 1964
- Genus ParacentrophorusParacentrophorusParacentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan stage of the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...
Piveteau 1941
- Genus Paracentrophorus
- Family Promecosominidae Wade 1941
- Genus Promecosomina Wade 1935
- Family Amiidae