Palaeoniscidae

**Palaeoniscidae** is an extinct family of ray-finned fish in the order Palaeonisciformes. The family includes the genus _Palaeoniscum_ and possibly other early actinopterygian genera from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic.

## Taxonomy

- **Family** †**Palaeoniscidae** <small>Vogt, 1852</small>
    - Genus ?†_Agecephalichthys_ <small>Wade, 1935</small>
        - Species †_Agecephalichthys granulatus_ <small>Wade, 1935</small>
    - Genus ?†_Atherstonia_ <small>Woodward, 1889</small> [_Broometta_ <small>Chabakov, 1927</small>]
        - Species †_Atherstonia scutata_ <small>Woodward, 1889</small> [_Atherstonia cairncrossi_ <small>Broom, 1913</small>; _Amblypteruscapensis_ <small>Broom, 1913</small>; _Broometta cairncrossi_ <small>Chabakov, 1927</small>]
        - Species †_Atherstonia minor_ <small>Woodward, 1893</small>
    - Genus ?†_Cryphaeiolepis_ <small>Traquair, 1881</small>
        - Species †_Cryphaeiolepis scutata_ <small>Traquair, 1881</small>
    - Genus ?†_Cteniolepidotrichia_ <small>Poplin & Su, 1992</small>
        - Species †_Cteniolepidotrichia turfanensis_ <small>Poplin & Su, 1992</small>
    - Genus †_Dicellopyge_ <small>Brough, 1931</small>
        - Species †_Dicellopyge macrodentata_ <small>Brough, 1931</small>
        - Species †_Dicellopyge lissocephalus_ <small>Brough, 1931</small>
    - Genus ?†_Duwaichthys_ <small>Liu _et al._, 1990</small>
        - Species †_Duwaichthys mirabilis_ <small>Liu _et al._, 1990</small>
    - Genus ?†_Ferganiscus_ <small>Sytchevskaya & Yakolev, 1999</small>
        - Species †_Ferganiscus osteolepis_ <small>Sytchevskaya & Yakolev, 1999</small>
    - Genus †_Gyrolepis_ <small>Agassiz, 1833 non Kade, 1858</small>
        - Species †_G. albertii_ <small>Agassiz, 1833</small>
        - Species †_G. gigantea_ <small>Agassiz, 1833</small>
        - Species †_G. maxima_ <small>Agassiz, 1833</small>
        - Species †_G. quenstedti_ <small>Dames, 1888</small>
        - Species †_G. tenuistriata_ <small>Agassiz, 1833</small>
    - Genus †_Gyrolepidoides_ <small>Cabrera, 1944</small>
        - Species †_G. creyanus_ <small>Schaeffer, 1955</small>
        - Species †_G. cuyanus_ <small>Cabrera, 1944</small>
        - Species †_G. multistriatus_ <small>Rusconi, 1948</small>
    - Genus ?†_Palaeoniscinotus_ <small>Rohon, 1890</small>
        - Species †_P. czekanowskii_ <small>Rohon, 1890</small>
    - Genus †_Palaeoniscum_ <small>de Blainville, 1818</small> [_Palaeoniscus_ <small>Agassiz, 1833 non Von Meyer, 1858</small>]
        - Species †_P. angustum_ <small>(Rzehak, 1881)</small>
        - Species †_P. antipodeum_ <small>(Egerton, 1864)</small>
        - Species †_P. antiquum_ <small>Williams, 1886</small>
        - Species †_P. arenaceum_ <small>Berger, 1832</small>
        - Species †_P. capense_ <small>(Bloom, 1913)</small>
        - Species †_P. comtum_ <small>(Agassiz, 1833)</small>
        - Species †_P. daedalium_ <small>Yankevich & Minich, 1998</small>
        - Species †_P. devonicum_ <small>Clarke, 1885</small>
        - Species †_P. elegans_ <small>(Sedgwick, 1829)</small>
        - Species †_P. freieslebeni_ <small>de Blainville, 1818</small> [_Palaeoniscus freieslebeni_ <small>(de Brainville, 1818)</small>]
        - Species †_P. hassiae_ <small>(Jaekel, 1898)</small>
        - Species †_P. kasanense_ <small>Geinitz & Vetter, 1880</small>
        - Species †_P. katholitzkianum_ <small>(Rzehak, 1881)</small>
        - Species †_P. landrioti_ <small>(le Sauvage, 1890)</small>
        - Species †_P. longissimum_ <small>(Agassiz, 1833)</small>
        - Species †_P. macrophthalmum_ <small>(McCoy, 1855)</small>
        - Species †_P. magnum_ <small>(Woodward, 1937)</small>
        - Species †_P. moravicum_ <small>(Rzehak, 1881)</small>
        - Species †_P. promtu_ <small>(Rzehak, 1881)</small>
        - Species †_P. reticulatum_ <small>Williams, 1886</small>
        - Species †_P. scutigerum_ <small>Newberry, 1868</small>
        - Species †_P. vratislavensis_ <small>(Agassiz, 1833)</small>
    - Genus †_Palaeothrissum_ <small>de Blainville, 1818</small>
        - Species †_P. elegans_ <small>Sedgwick, 1829</small>
        - Species †_P. macrocephalum_ <small>de Blainville, 1818</small>
        - Species †_P. magnum_ <small>de Blainville, 1818</small>
    - Genus †_Shuniscus_ <small>Su, 1983</small>
        - Species †_Shuniscus longianalis_ <small>Su, 1983</small>
    - Genus †_Suchonichthys_ <small>Minich, 2001</small>
        - Species †_Suchonichthys molini_ <small>Minich, 2001</small>
    - Genus †_Trachelacanthus_ <small>Fischer De Waldheim, 1850</small>
        - Species †_Trachelacanthus stschurovskii_ <small>Fischer De Waldheim, 1850</small>
    - Genus ?†_Triassodus_ <small>Su, 1984</small>
        - Species †_Triassodus yanchangensis_ <small>Su, 1984</small>
    - Genus ?†_Turfania_ <small>Liu & Martínez, 1973</small>
        - Species †_T. taoshuyuanensis_ <small>Liu & Martínez, 1973</small>
        - Species †_T. varta_ <small>Wang, 1979</small>
    - Genus ?†_Turgoniscus_ <small>Jakovlev, 1968</small>
        - Species †_Turgoniscus reissi_ <small>Jakovlev, 1968</small>
    - Genus ?†_Weixiniscus_ <small>Su & Dezao, 1994</small>
        - Species †_Weixiniscus microlepis_ <small>Su & Dezao, 1994</small>
    - Genus ?†_Xingshikous_ <small>Liu, 1988</small>
        - Species †_Xingshikous xishanensis_ <small>Liu, 1988</small>
    - Genus ?†_Yaomoshania_ <small>Poplin _et al._, 1991</small>
        - Species †_Yaomoshania minutosquama_ <small>Poplin _et al._, 1991</small>

## Related pages

- Palaeoniscum
- Dicellopyge

## References

1. <small>Hoşgör, Izzet; Štamberg, Stanislav (2014). "A first record of late Middle Permian actinopterygian fish from Anatolia, Turkey" . _Acta Geologica Polonica_.</small>