Amphiperca
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Amphiperca is an extinct genus of freshwater percomorph ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene of Europe.[1] It has one known species, A. multiformis, known from the famous Messel Pit of Germany. Indeterminate remains are known from concurrent formations in Occitanie, France.[2] It was a predatory fish that is known to have fed on Thaumaturus and Rhenanoperca.[3]
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| Specimen at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Genus: | †Amphiperca Weitzel, 1933 |
| Species: | †A. multiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amphiperca multiformis Weitzel, 1933 | |
Some authors have suggested serranid or percichthyid affinities for it.[4]
