Amphiperca Explained

Amphiperca is an extinct genus of freshwater percomorph ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene of Europe. 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.[1] It was a predatory fish that is known to have fed on Thaumaturus and Rhenanoperca.[2]

Some authors have suggested serranid or percichthyid affinities for it.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-29 . paleobiodb.org.
  2. Web site: Micklich,N. et al. 2019, New information on the feeding... Bulletin of Geosciences, 94, 315-336. . 2024-02-29 . www.geology.cz.
  3. Arratia . Gloria . Quezada-Romegialli . Claudio . 2019-04-25 . The South American and Australian percichthyids and perciliids. What is new about them? . Neotropical Ichthyology . en . 17 . e180102 . 10.1590/1982-0224-20180102 . 1679-6225. free .

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