Amia (fish)

Amia; Temporal range:
	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
Species
	See text;
Synonyms
	Amiatus Rafinesque 1815; Hypamia (Leidy 1873); Amia (Hypamia) Leidy 1873; Kindleia Jordan 1927; Protamia (Leidy 1873); Amia (Protamia) Leidy 1873; Stylomyleodon Russell 1928;

Amia, commonly called bowfin, is a genus of ray-finned fish related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes and clade Halecomorphi, which dates from the Triassic 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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