Amiiformes

Amiiformes Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Extant bowfin Amia calva
Cretaceous †Sinamia sp.
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 the bowfins, is an order of fish. The order has only two extant fish, the bowfin and the eyespot bowfin. Even though this order has two extant fish, there are others that were gone. The genus Sinamia died already. After death, these prehistoric freshwater Amiiformes turned into fossils.

Members

Amiidae

See the main article: Amiidae

The Amiidae is a family of basal freshwater ray-finned fish. Bowfins (Amia calva) are found throughout eastern North America, typically in slow-moving backwaters, canals, and oxbow lakes.

Bowfin

See the main article: Bowfin

The bowfin is a primitive bony fish in the genus Amia that lives in North America.

Amia ocellicauda

See the main article: Amia ocellicauda

Amia ocellicauda is a species of bowfin native to North America. It was synonymized with Amia calva until genetic work in 2022 revealed them to be separate species.

Sinamiidae

Sinamiidae is an extinct family of freshwater halecomorph fish endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in East and Southeast Asia.

Sinamia

See the main article: Sinamia

Sinamia is an extinct genus of freshwater fish which existed in China, Japan, and possibly South Korea during the Early Cretaceous period.

Siamamia

Siamamia is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish from northeastern, Thailand.

Caturus

See the main article: Caturus

Caturus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.