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Order Summary for Amiiformes
Main Ref.:	Nelson, J.S., 1994
Order:	Amiiformes    bowfins
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Sister Order:	Osteoglossiformes     250 M years
Ref.:	Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997     Carroll, R., 1988
First fossil record:	early Triassic
Occurs in:	Marine      Freshwater      Brackish
Remarks:	Caudal fin abbreviate heterocercal; dorsal fin base long, with about 48 rays; large median gular plate and 10-13 branchiostegal rays; swim bladder can function as a lung; no pyloric caeca. Maximum length about 90 cm.
Class etymology:	Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Order etymology:	Greek, amia = a kind of shark or tunna + Latin, forma = shape. Ref. 45335.
Families:	1 Amiidae

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