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Amia ocellicauda Todd, 1837

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Amia ocellicauda Todd, 1837
Name authority
Todd, 1837
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Holostei
Order
Amiiformes
Family
Amiidae
Genus
Amia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classHolostei
  10. orderAmiiformes
  11. familyAmiidae Bonaparte, 1831
  12. genusAmia Linnaeus, 1766
  13. speciesAmia ocellicauda Todd, 1837

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Amia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
bowfinAmia calva Linnaeus, 1766AmiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 2 records assigned to Amiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Amia marmorata Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia occidentalis DeKay, 1842 DeKay, 1842synonym
Amia ocellicaudata Todd, 1837 Todd, 1837synonym
Amia ornata Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia subcoerulea Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia thompsoni Duméril, 1870 Duméril, 1870synonym
Amia viridis Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia piquotii Duméril, 1870 Duméril, 1870synonym
Amia canina Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia reticulata Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia subcaerulea Valenciennes, 1847 Valenciennes, 1847synonym
Amia thompsonii Duméril, 1870 Duméril, 1870synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1014038 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:66C65. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.