Family Amiidae Bonaparte 1831

Amini Bonaparte 1831:161, 182 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Amia [stem changed to Ami- by Bonaparte 1850a:455 [ref. 27352], confirmed by Günther 1870:324 [ref. 1995], by Gill 1872:21 [ref. 26254], by Lindberg 1971:60 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:64 [ref. 32838]; family name sometimes seen as Amiatidae or Amistidae]