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[1]
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.

1. ↑ "Amiiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 15, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}