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List of indeterminate prehistoric percomorph genera

In the past, many fossil fish genera from the Late Cretaceous onwards were placed in the order Perciformes or the suborder Percoidei. Recent taxonomic revisions have found the former interpretation of Perciformes and Percoidei to be paraphyletic, comprising many distantly related families from across the Percomorpha, and these studies have thus significantly restricted the new definition of Perciformes. As these revisions were based primarily on genetic data, the taxonomic affiliation of many of these fossil "perciforms" is now uncertain beyond them belonging to the Percomorpha.' This list contains fossil genera that are either considered indeterminate percomorphs or were previously assigned to the sensu lato interpretation of Perciformes/Percoidei:

Taxonomy

Families

  • Family Asianthidae <small>Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003</small> (earliest Eocene of Turkmenistan; disputed)
  • Asianthus <small>Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003</small>
  • Eosasia <small>Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003</small>
  • Pauranthus <small>Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003</small>

Genera

  • Acronuroides <small>Bannikov, Carnevale & Tyler, 2019</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Aluvarus <small>Bannikov & Tyler, 1995</small> (Late Eocene of Iran; possibly a luvarid)
  • Ammutichthys <small>Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale, 2025</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Amphiperca <small>Weitzel, 1933</small> (Middle Eocene of Germany)
  • Anthracoperca <small>Voigt, 1934</small> (Middle Eocene of Germany, possible earlier records from France & India)
  • Blabe <small>White, 1936</small> (Middle Eocene of Egypt)
  • Blotichthys <small>Sorbini, 1984</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Bolcaperca <small>Bannikov & Zorzin, 2023</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Bradyurus <small>Gill, 1904</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Carpathoserranoides <small>Prokofiev, 2009</small> (Early Oligocene of Poland & the Czech Republic)
  • Caucasoserranoides <small>Prokofiev, 2009</small> (Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
  • Cyclopoma <small>Agassiz, 1833</small> (early Eocene of Italy and the United States; possibly a centropomid or a percichthyid)
  • Dibango <small>Davesne & Carnevale, 2025</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Eoserranus <small>Woodward, 1908</small> (Late Cretaceous of India)
  • Epibatichthys <small>Prokofiev, 2002</small> (Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
  • Erebusia <small>Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale, 2025</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Frigoichthys <small>Bannikov, 2004</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Frippia <small>Bannikov & Carnevale, 2012</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Gillidia <small>Eastman, 1914</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Indiaichthys <small>Arratia, 2004</small> (Early Eocene of India)
  • Latellopsis <small>Bannikov & Zorzin, 2019</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Mioplosus <small>Cope, 1877</small> (Early Eocene of Wyoming, USA)
  • Jimtylerius <small>Bannikov & Carnevale, 2007</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Johnsonperca <small>Taverne, 2010</small> (Late Cretaceous of Italy)
  • Malacopygaeus <small>Leriche, 1906</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Montepostalia <small>Bannikov & Zorzin, 2004</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Nardoichthys <small>Sorbini & Bannikov, 1991</small> (Late Cretaceous of Italy)
  • Kelemejtubus <small>Cantalice & Alvardo-Ortega, 2017</small> (Early Paleocene of Mexico)
  • Oligoserranoides <small>Prokofiev, 2009</small> (Early Oligocene of Poland)
  • Palaeoperca <small>Micklich, 1978</small> (Middle Eocene of Germany)
  • Parapelates <small>Bannikov, 2008</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Parapercichthys <small>Greenwood, 1983</small> (Paleocene of Saudi Arabia)
  • Parapygaeus <small>Pellegrin, 1907</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Pavarottia <small>Bannikov & Zorzin, 2011</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Pirsagatia <small>Prokofiev, 2002</small> (Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)
  • Portentosoceros <small>Nazarkin & Bannikov, 2021</small> (Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia) (possibly a pentacerotid)
  • Pygaeus <small>Agassiz, 1835</small> (early Eocene of Italy) (possibly a carangiform)
  • Prolates <small>Priem, 1899</small> (Late Cretaceous of France)'
  • Properca <small>Sauvage, 1880</small> (Paleocene to Early Miocene of Europe)
  • Proserranus <small>Patterson, 1964</small> (Early Paleocene of Sweden) '
  • Quasicichla <small>Bannikov, 2004</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Rhenanoperca <small>Gaudant & Micklich, 1990</small> (Middle Eocene of Germany)
  • Saldenioichthys <small>Lopez-Arbarello, Arratia & Tunik, 2003</small> (Late Cretaceous of Argentina)
  • Semlikiichthys <small>Otero & Gayet, 1999</small> (Early Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Egypt, Chad, Kenya & the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Squamibolcoides <small>Bannikov & Zorzin, 2013</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Stefanichthys <small>Bannikov & Roberto, 2020</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Ungarnia <small>Prokofiev, 2009</small> (Oligocene of Romania)
  • Veronabrax <small>Bannikov, 2008</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Vixperca <small>Peña Zarzuelo, 1991</small> (Middle Eocene of Spain)
  • Voltamulloides <small>Bannikov, 2008</small> (Early Eocene of Italy)
  • Weilerichthys <small>Otero & Gayet, 1999</small> (Late Eocene of Egypt)
  • Zorzinperca <small>Taverne, 2010</small> (Late Cretaceous of Italy)

Otolith genera

  • Paraplesiopoma <small>Trif & Schwarzhans, 2025</small> (Late Cretaceous of Romania)
  • Plesiopoma <small>Schwarzhans, 2010</small> (Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene)

References