Acrolepididae

For the family of moths, see Acrolepiidae.

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 Temporal range:
Acropholis stensioei fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Elonichthyiformes
Family:	†Acrolepididae Aldinger, 1937
Genera
†Acrolepis †Acropholis †Challaia †Namaichthys †Plegmolepis †Reticulolepis
Synonyms
Acrolepidae Aldinger 1937

Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.

Fossil of Acrolepis sedgwicki

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)