Order Amiiformes Hay 1929 (bowfin)
Parent taxon: Holostei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aspidorhynchoidea, Lepisosteiformes, Parasemionotidae, Pholidophoroidea, Pycnodontoidea, Semionotoidea
Subtaxa: Amiidae, Amioidea, Amioidei, Aphanepygus, Caturidae, Eusemius, Ionoscopus, Leedsichthys, Lehmanotus, Macrepistius, Oligopleura, Otomitla, Palaeolabridae, Sinoeugnathus, Stromerichthys
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore