Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Holostei
Ordo: Amiiformes
Superfamilia: Amioidea
Familia: Amiidae
Subfamiliae: Amiinae - †Vidalamiinae
Name
Amiidae Bonaparte, 1838
Vernacular names
čeština: Kaprounovití
Deutsch: Kahlhechte
日本語: アミア科
Türkçe: Kel balıkgiller
українська: Амієві
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
- Genus †Calamopleurus
- Genus †Maliamia
- Genus †Melvius
- Genus †Pachyamia
- Genus †Vidalamia
- Subfamily incertae sedis
- Genus †Nipponamia
- Genus †Hispanamia
- Subfamily Amiinae
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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