Siamamia

Siamamia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from Northeasthern Thailand. They belong to family Sinamiidae and are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in eastern Asia.

Siamamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
Superfamily:	Amioidea
Family:	Sinamiidae Berg, 1940
Genus:	Siamamia Cavin, Suteethorn, Buffetaut, Claude, Cuny, Le Loeuff and Tong 2007
Species:	S. naga
Binomial name
Siamamia naga Cavin, Suteethorn, Buffetaut, Claude, Cuny, Le Loeuff and Tong 2007

Siamamia fossils have been found present-day in Phu Phok, Sakhon Nakhon Province, Thailand.

Etymology

• Siam (former name of Thailand), referring to location.
• Amia (Greek).
• Naga mythological creature in Mekong River

References

• Cavin, Lionel; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Buffetaut, Eric; Claude, Julien; Cuny, Gilles; Le Loeuff, Jean; Tong, Haiyan (2007). "THE FIRST SINAMIID FISH (HOLOSTEI, HALECOMORPHA) FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA (EARLY CRETACEOUS OF THAILAND)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4): 827–837. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[827:TFSFHH]2.0.CO;2.