Amiidae

Amiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
Superfamily:	Amioidea
Family:	Amiidae; Bonaparte, 1838
Subfamilies
	See text

The Amiidae are a family of basal ray-finned fishes. The bowfin is the only species to survive today, although additional species in all four subfamilies of Amiidae are known from Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene fossils.[1]

Bowfins are now found throughout eastern North America, typically in slow-moving backwaters, canals, and ox-bow lakes. When the oxygen level is low (as often happens in still waters), the bowfin can rise to the surface and gulp air into its swim bladder, which is lined with blood vessels and can serve as a primitive lung.

Cyclurus kehreri fossil

Taxonomy

The family is divided into four subfamilies, with 11 genera described:[1]

Amiidae
- Subfamily Amiinae
  - Genus Amia
  - Genus †Cyclurus
  - Genus †Pseudoamiatus
- Subfamily †Amiopsinae
  - Genus †Amiopsis
- Subfamily †Solnhofenamiinae
  - Genus †Solnhofenamia
- Subfamily †Vidalamiinae
  Bowfin, Coosa River, Wetumpka, Alabama
  - Genus †Calamopleurus
  - Genus †Maliamia
  - Genus †Melvius
  - Genus †Pachyamia
  - Genus †Vidalamia
- Subfamily incertae sedis
  - Genus †Nipponamia

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References

Grande, L.; Bemis, W.E. (1998). "A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. An Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural History". Memoir (Society of Vertebrate Paleontology). 4: 1–679. JSTOR 3889331.

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[Grande1998-1] Grande, L.; Bemis, W.E. (1998). "A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. An Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural History". Memoir (Society of Vertebrate Paleontology). 4: 1–679. JSTOR 3889331.