Perleidus
| Perleidus Temporal range: | |
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| Restoration of P. altolepis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Perleidiformes |
| Family: | †Perleididae |
| Genus: | †Perleidus De Alessandri, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| †Perleidus altolepis (Deecke, 1889) | |
| Other species | |
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Perleidus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Triassic period. Fossils have been found in the Middle Triassic of Italy, Switzerland, and China. The inclusion of Early Triassic species in the genus Perleidus was questioned.