Acrolepididae

Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish. Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.

Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.

Included genera and species

 * Genus Acrolepis Agassiz, 1843
 * Acrolepis frequens Yankevich, 1996
 * Acrolepis gigas Frič, 1877
 * Acrolepis hamiltoni Johnston & Morton, 1890
 * Acrolepis hopkinsi M'Coy, 1848
 * Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson, 1868
 * Acrolepis? laetus Lambe, 1916 [Pteronisculus? laetus]
 * Acrolepis languescens Yankevich, 1996
 * Acrolepis ortholepis Traquair, 1884
 * Acrolepis sedgwicki Agassiz, 1843 (type species)
 * Acrolepis semigranulosa Traquair, 1890
 * Acrolepis tasmanicus Johnston & Morton, 1891
 * Acrolepis wilsoni Traquair, 1888
 * Genus Acropholis Aldinger, 1937
 * Acropholis stensioei Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
 * Genus Challaia Rusconi, 1946
 * Challaia magna Rusconi, 1949 (type species)
 * Challaia elongata ( Cabrera, 1944 )
 * Genus Namaichthys Gürich, 1923
 * Namaichthys digitata (Woodward, 1890)
 * Namaichthys schroederi Gürich, 1923 (type species)
 * Genus Plegmolepis Aldinger, 1937
 * Plegmolepis groenlandica Aldinger, 1937
 * Plegmolepis kochi Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
 * Genus Reticulolepis Westoll, 1934
 * Reticulolepis exsculpta (Kurtze, 1839)