'Proamia' (provisional, originally Cheirolepis Long 1995 p140; Middle Devonian) nests as a sister to all bony fish in the LRT. The cheeks are less ossified. than in Amia. Fewer teeth line the deeper jaws. The tail is strongly heterocercal.
Long JA 1995. The Rise of Fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore and London.
