Amiiformes

Amiiformes Temporal range:
Extant bowfinAmia calva
Cretaceous†Sinamiasp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Infraclass:	Holostei
Clade:	Halecomorphi
Order:	Amiiformes O. P. Hay,1929
Type species
Amia calva Linnaeus,1766
Families
See text

Amiiformes,also known as thebowfins,is an order of fish. The order has only two extant fish, thebowfinand theeyespot bowfin.Even though this order has two extant fish, there are others that were gone. The genusSinamiadied already. After death, these prehistoric freshwater Amiiformes turned intofossils.

Members

Amiidae

See the main article:Amiidae

TheAmiidaeis a family of basalfreshwater ray-finned fish.Bowfins(Amia calva) are found throughout easternNorth America,typically in slow-moving backwaters,canals,andoxbow lakes.

Bowfin

See the main article:Bowfin

Thebowfinis a primitivebony fishin the genusAmiathat lives inNorth America.

Amia ocellicauda

See the main article:Amia ocellicauda

Amia ocellicaudais a species ofbowfinnative toNorth America.It was synonymized withAmia calvauntil genetic work in 2022 revealed them to be separate species.

Sinamiidae

Sinamiidaeis an extinctfamilyof freshwaterhalecomorphfish endemic to EarlyCretaceousfreshwater environments inEastandSoutheast Asia.

Sinamia

See the main article:Sinamia

Sinamiais an extinct genus offreshwater fishwhich existed inChina,Japan,and possiblySouth Koreaduring the EarlyCretaceousperiod.

Siamamia

Siamamiais an extinct genus of freshwaterray-finned fishfrom northeastern,Thailand.

Caturus

See the main article:Caturus

Caturusis an extinct genus of prehistoricbony fish.