Holostei

Holostei are bony fish that show primitive characteristics. There are eight species divided among two orders, the Amiiformes represented by a single living species, the bowfin (Amia calva), and the Lepisosteiformes, the gars. There are more species to be found in the fossil record.

Holostei Temporal range: Jurassic - Recent
Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus
Bowfin, Amia calva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Holostei
Orders
Amiiformes Lepisosteiformes

Holostei Media

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  Alligator gar fish (white background)

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  Amia calva (white background)

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  Common carp (white background)

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  Alligator gar fish (white background)

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  Amia calva (white background)

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  Common carp (white background)

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  Cipactlichthys scutatus holotype fossil, from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico

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  Planche N° 105 du livre "Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation" par Georges Cuvier (Tome 8), seconde édition de 1828, représentant : Polypterus senegalus

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  Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhynchus. Scans of artwork commissioned by the Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1970's. Original art is kept at NCTC museum.

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  Amia calva (white background)