Acrolepididae
| Acrolepididae Temporal range: | |
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| Acropholis stensioei fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Acrolepididae Aldinger, 1937 |
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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.