Animal Diversity Web

Amia calva

Beaverfish

(Also: Blackfish; Bonnetmouth; Cottonfish; Cypress trout)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Amiiformes (bowfins)
        
        Family Amiidae (Bowfins)
        
        Genus Amia
        
        Species Amia calva (Beaverfish)