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