Perleidiformes

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title: "Perleidiformes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["prehistoric-neopterygii", "triassic-bony-fish", "prehistoric-ray-finned-fish-orders"] description: "Extinct order of fishes" topic_path: "general/prehistoric-neopterygii" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perleidiformes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct order of fishes ::

| image = Perleidus altolepis recon.jpg | image_caption = Perleidus altolepis | fossil_range = | taxon = Perleidiformes | authority = Berg, 1937 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = * Aethodontidae

• Cephaloxenidae
• Cleithrolepididae
• Colobodontidae
• Gabanellidae
• Perleididae
• Platysiagidae
• Polzbergiidae
• Pseudobeaconiidae
• Saurichthyes | synonyms = * Perleidida
• Polzbergiiformes Griffith 1977
• Cephaloxeniformes
• Platysiagiformes Brough 1939
• Platysiagida Fowler 1958

Perleidiformes are an extinct order of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Triassic period Although numerous Triassic taxa have been referred to Perleidiformes, which ones should be included for it to form a monophyletic group is a matter of ongoing scientific debate. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Chaohuperleidus.jpg" caption="''Chaohuperleidus primus'', one of the earliest perleidids"] ::

Classification

• Genus † Saurichthyes
  • Family †Cleithrolepididae Wade 1935 corrig. [Cleithrolepidae Wade 1935; Hydropessidae Hutchinson 1973]
    • Genus †Hydropessum Broom 1909
    • Genus †Cleithrolepidina Berg 1955
    • Genus †Cleithrolepis Egerton 1864
    • Genus †Dipteronotus Egerton 1864
  • Suborder †Cephaloxenoidei Lehman 1966
    • Family †Cephaloxenidae Brough 1939
      • Genus †Cephaloxenus Brough 1939
  • Suborder †Perleidoidei
    • Family †Platysiagidae Brough 1939 sensu Neuman & Mutter 2005
      • Genus †Caelatichthys Lombardo 2002
      • Genus †Helmolepis Stensiö 1932
      • Genus †Platysiagum Egerton 1872
    • Family †Polzbergiidae Griffin 1977
      • Genus †Luopingichthys Sun et al. 2009
      • Genus †Serrolepis Quenstedt 1852 ex Dames 1888
      • Genus †Ctenognathichthys Burgin 1992
      • Genus †Stoppania Lombardo, Rusconi & Tintori 2008
      • Genus †Polzbergia Griffith 1977
      • Genus †Felberia Lombardo & Tintori 2004
    • Family †Gabanellidae Tintori & Lombardo 1996
      • Genus †Gabanellia Tintori & Lombardo 1996
    • Family †Aetheodontidae Brough 1939
      • Genus †Aetheodontus Brough 1939
    • Family †Colobodontidae Andersson 1916 [Asterodontidae Jordan 1923]
      • Genus †Albertonia Gardiner 1966
      • Genus †Boreichthys Selezneva 1982
      • Genus †Cenchrodus von Meyer 1847
      • Genus †Chrotichthys Wade 1940
      • Genus †Crenilepis Dames 1888 [Crenilepoides Strand 1929]
      • Genus †Dollopterus Abel 1906 [Dolichopterus Compter 1891 non Hall 1859 non Murray 1870]
      • Genus †Engycolobodus Oertle 1927
      • Genus †Hemilopas von Meyer 1847
      • Genus †Manlietta Wade 1935
      • Genus †Meidiichthys Borough 1931
      • Genus †Meridensia Stensiö 1916
      • Genus †Nephrotus Meyer 1849 [Omphalodus Meyer 1847; Eupleurodus Gürich, 1884]
      • Genus †Pristisomus Woodward 1890
      • Genus †Procheirichthys Wade 1935
      • Genus †Zeuchthiscus Wade 1940
      • Genus †Colobodus Agassiz 1844 [Asterodon Münster, 1841]
    • Family †Pseudobeaconiidae López-Arbarello & Zavattieri 2008
      • Genus †Caminchaia Rusconi 1946a
      • Genus †Echentaia Rusconi 1946
      • Genus †Pasambaya Rusconi 1946a
      • Genus †Anatoia Rusconi 1946a
      • Genus †Pseudobeaconia Bordas 1944
    • Family †Perleididae Brough 1931 [Fuyuanperleididae Sun et al. 2012]
      • Genus †Altisolepis Mutter & Herzog 2004
      • Genus †Alvinia Sytchevskaya 1999 non Monterosato 1884
      • Genus †Chaohuperleidus Sun et al., 2013
      • Genus †Daninia Lombardo 2001
      • Genus †Diandongperleidus Geng et al. 2012
      • Genus †Endennia Lombardo & Brambillasca 2005
      • Genus †Fuyuanperleidus Geng et al. 2012
      • Genus †Luopingperleidus Geng et al. 2012
      • Genus †Megaperleidus Sytchevskaya 1999
      • Genus †Mendocinichthys Whitley 1953 [Mendocinia Bordas 1944 non Jensen-Haarup 1920]
      • Genus †Paraperleidus Zhao & Liu 2007
      • Genus †Peltoperleidus Bürgin et al. 1991
      • Genus †Plesioperleidus Su & Li 1983 sensu Tong et al. 2006 [Zhangina Liu 2002]
      • Genus †Perleidus De Alessandri 1910 sensu Lombardo et al. 2011

References

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology.
2. (2020). "''Feroxichthys yunnanensis'' gen. et sp. nov. (Colobodontidae, Neopterygii), a large durophagous predator from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Luoping Biota, eastern Yunnan, China". PeerJ.
3. (2019). "A new species of ''Platysiagum'' from the Luoping Biota (Anisian, Middle Triassic, Yunnan, South China) reveals the relationship between Platysiagidae and Neopterygii". Geological Magazine.
4. (2008). "A new species of the genus ''Colobodus'' Agassiz, 1844 (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Pelsonian (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou, South China". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.

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