Amia (fish)
| Amia Temporal range: | |
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| Bowfin in aquarium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Family: | Amiidae |
| Subfamily: | Amiinae |
| Genus: | Amia Linnaeus, 1766 |
| Type species | |
| Amia calva Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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Amia, commonly called bowfin, is a genus of bony fish related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes, which dates from the Jurassic to the Eocene, persisting to the present. There are two living species in Amia, Amia calva and Amia ocellicauda, and a number of extinct species which have been described from the fossil record.
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