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Taxon: Family Amiidae Bonaparte, 1831 - bowfins (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C.L. Bonaparte, 1831)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 36 ("Ordine. Gli Amidi."). [family, nom. vernac.]. ≡
Original name:  Bonaparte, C.L. 1831c. Giorn. Arcad. Sci. 52: 161, 182. ("Amini."). [subfamily]. ≡
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 28 ("Bonaparte 1831").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Amiiformes (Order) Huxley, 1861
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Amiinae (Subfamily) (Bonaparte, 1837) Bonaparte, 1838
Type: Amia (Genus) Linnaeus, 1766 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; 13 May 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Amiatidae (Family) Jordan, 1923 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: moddersnoeken Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: bowfins Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 126; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: bowfins Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
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