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Species in the family or subfamily Amiidae: [ 13 ] records


calva, Amia Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden) 1766:500 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Fresh waters of Carolina [South Carolina], U.S.A. Holotype (unique): Linn. Soc. Lond. 128 (left half-skin). Type catalog: Goode & Bean 1885:205 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1985:24 [ref. 20705]. Based on the 'Mudfish' in manuscript description, and 1 specimen sent by A. Garden [South Carolina]. •Valid as Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Lee et al. 1980:53 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:57 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:98 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:43 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:29 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:31 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:30 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:114 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:199 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:132 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:149 [ref. 25560], Stauffer et al. 1995:39 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:35 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:101 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:57 [ref. 23144], Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Scott & Crossman 1998:112 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:28 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:21 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:93 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:58 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:65 [ref. 27882], Miller & Robison 2004:58 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:120 [ref. 27995] dated 1866, Scharpf 2005:8 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:143 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:58 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:52 [ref. 35886], Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813], Bagley et al. 2023:312 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Amia calva Linnaeus 1766. Amiidae. Distribution: Southeastern North America; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

canina, Amia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:424 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Lake Erie, North America. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Scott & Crossman 1998:116 [ref. 24570]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836-- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

cinerea, Amia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:430 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5770. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:254 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

lintiginosa, Amia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:426 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] No locality. Amia lentiginosa is a misspelling. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

marmorata, Amia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:412, Pl. 577 [not 543] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1305. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:253-254 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

occidentalis, Amia DeKay [J. E.] 1842:269, Pl. 39 (fig. 125) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] St. Mary's River, Michigan, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): Cabinet of the Lyceum (dry, whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Smith 1986:59 [ref. 22186], Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Scott & Crossman 1998:116 [ref. 24570]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

ocellicauda, Amia Richardson [J.] (ex Todd) 1836:236 [Fauna Boreali-Americana Part 3; ref. 3731] Lake Huron, North America. Holotype (unique): lost. Apparently misspelled Amia ocellicaudata by Fortin 1866:76 [ref. 18093]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Scott & Crossman 1998:116 [ref. 24570]). •Valid as Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813], Bagley et al. 2023:312 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Distribution: North America: Great Lakes to Mississippi River basin, west of the Appalachian Mountains (southeastern Canada and U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

ornata, Amia Valenciennes [A.] (ex Lesueur) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Chibault, Mississippi River, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1568. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:254 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

piquotii, Amia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:423 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Upper Mississippi River and Lake Erie, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5813 (1, dry), 0000-5814 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:255 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

reticulata, Amia Valenciennes [A.] (ex Lesueur) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:431 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Wabash River, Illinois, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5808 (mounted). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:254 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

subcoerulea, Amia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:427 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5769. Non-type or syntype: MNHN 0000-5768 (1) South Carolina. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:254 [ref. 293] with a holotype and a paratopotype. If MNHN 5768 is a syntype, then MNHN 5769 was designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1626 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821] as subcaerulea). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

thompsonii, Amia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:419 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Lake Champlain, Vermont, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5766 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:254-255 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Smith 1986:59 [ref. 22186], Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821], Scott & Crossman 1998:116 [ref. 24570] as thompsoni). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

viridis, Amia Valenciennes [A.] (ex Lesueur) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:421 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. •Synonym of Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 -- (Grande & Bemis 1998:33 [ref. 23821]). •Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836 -- (Brownstein et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39813]). Current status: Synonym of Amia ocellicauda Richardson 1836. Amiidae. Habitat: freshwater.


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