Palaeoniscidae

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**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** Vogt, 1852
** Genus ?†*Agecephalichthys* Wade, 1935
*** Species †*Agecephalichthys granulatus* Wade, 1935
** Genus ?†*Atherstonia* Woodward, 1889 [*Broometta* Chabakov, 1927]
*** Species †*Atherstonia scutata* Woodward, 1889 [*Atherstonia cairncrossi* Broom, 1913; *Amblypteruscapensis* Broom, 1913; *Broometta cairncrossi* Chabakov, 1927]
*** Species †*Atherstonia minor* Woodward, 1893
** Genus ?†*Cryphaeiolepis* Traquair, 1881
*** Species †*Cryphaeiolepis scutata* Traquair, 1881
** Genus ?†*Cteniolepidotrichia* Poplin & Su, 1992
*** Species †*Cteniolepidotrichia turfanensis* Poplin & Su, 1992
** Genus †*Dicellopyge* Brough, 1931
*** Species †*Dicellopyge macrodentata* Brough, 1931
*** Species †*Dicellopyge lissocephalus* Brough, 1931
** Genus ?†*Duwaichthys* Liu *et al.*, 1990
*** Species †*Duwaichthys mirabilis* Liu *et al.*, 1990
** Genus ?†*Ferganiscus* Sytchevskaya & Yakolev, 1999
*** Species †*Ferganiscus osteolepis* Sytchevskaya & Yakolev, 1999
** Genus †*Gyrolepis* Agassiz, 1833 non Kade, 1858
*** Species †*G. albertii* Agassiz, 1833
*** Species †*G. gigantea* Agassiz, 1833
*** Species †*G. maxima* Agassiz, 1833
*** Species †*G. quenstedti* Dames, 1888
*** Species †*G. tenuistriata* Agassiz, 1833
** Genus †*Gyrolepidoides* Cabrera, 1944
*** Species †*G. creyanus* Schaeffer, 1955
*** Species †*G. cuyanus* Cabrera, 1944
*** Species †*G. multistriatus* Rusconi, 1948
** Genus ?†*Palaeoniscinotus* Rohon, 1890
*** Species †*P. czekanowskii* Rohon, 1890
** Genus †*Palaeoniscum* de Blainville, 1818 [*Palaeoniscus* Agassiz, 1833 non Von Meyer, 1858]
*** Species †*P. angustum* (Rzehak, 1881)
*** Species †*P. antipodeum* (Egerton, 1864)
*** Species †*P. antiquum* Williams, 1886
*** Species †*P. arenaceum* Berger, 1832
*** Species †*P. capense* (Bloom, 1913)
*** Species †*P. comtum* (Agassiz, 1833)
*** Species †*P. daedalium* Yankevich & Minich, 1998
*** Species †*P. devonicum* Clarke, 1885
*** Species †*P. elegans* (Sedgwick, 1829)
*** Species †*P. freieslebeni* de Blainville, 1818 [*Palaeoniscus freieslebeni* (de Brainville, 1818)]
*** Species †*P. hassiae* (Jaekel, 1898)
*** Species †*P. kasanense* Geinitz & Vetter, 1880
*** Species †*P. katholitzkianum* (Rzehak, 1881)
*** Species †*P. landrioti* (le Sauvage, 1890)
*** Species †*P. longissimum* (Agassiz, 1833)
*** Species †*P. macrophthalmum* (McCoy, 1855)
*** Species †*P. magnum* (Woodward, 1937)
*** Species †*P. moravicum* (Rzehak, 1881)
*** Species †*P. promtu* (Rzehak, 1881)
*** Species †*P. reticulatum* Williams, 1886
*** Species †*P. scutigerum* Newberry, 1868
*** Species †*P. vratislavensis* (Agassiz, 1833)
** Genus †*Palaeothrissum* de Blainville, 1818
*** Species †*P. elegans* Sedgwick, 1829
*** Species †*P. macrocephalum* de Blainville, 1818
*** Species †*P. magnum* de Blainville, 1818
** Genus †*Shuniscus* Su, 1983
*** Species †*Shuniscus longianalis* Su, 1983
** Genus †*Suchonichthys* Minich, 2001
*** Species †*Suchonichthys molini* Minich, 2001
** Genus †*Trachelacanthus* Fischer De Waldheim, 1850
*** Species †*Trachelacanthus stschurovskii* Fischer De Waldheim, 1850
** Genus ?†*Triassodus* Su, 1984
*** Species †*Triassodus yanchangensis* Su, 1984
** Genus ?†*Turfania* Liu & Martínez, 1973
*** Species †*T. taoshuyuanensis* Liu & Martínez, 1973
*** Species †*T. varta* Wang, 1979
** Genus ?†*Turgoniscus* Jakovlev, 1968
*** Species †*Turgoniscus reissi* Jakovlev, 1968
** Genus ?†*Weixiniscus* Su & Dezao, 1994
*** Species †*Weixiniscus microlepis* Su & Dezao, 1994
** Genus ?†*Xingshikous* Liu, 1988
*** Species †*Xingshikous xishanensis* Liu, 1988
** Genus ?†*Yaomoshania* Poplin *et al.*, 1991
*** Species †*Yaomoshania minutosquama* Poplin *et al.*, 1991

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## Related pages 
* Palaeoniscum
* Dicellopyge

## References 
# Hoşgör, Izzet; Štamberg, Stanislav (2014). "A first record of late Middle Permian actinopterygian fish from Anatolia, Turkey" . *Acta Geologica Polonica*.