Nelson, J.S., 1994

Amiiformes bowfins

Holostei

Osteoglossiformes 250 M years

Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997  |  Carroll, R., 1988

early Triassic

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม

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กร่อย

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.

Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.

Greek, amia = a kind of shark or tunna + Latin, forma = shape (Ref. 45335).

( n = 1 )
Amiidae

Ref.
[ e.g. 9948 ]      

Glossary
      [ e.g. oophagy ]