Amphiperca

Amphiperca is an extinct genus of freshwater percomorph ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene of Europe.^[1] 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.^[2] It was a predatory fish that is known to have fed on Thaumaturus and Rhenanoperca.^[3]

Amphiperca Temporal range: Middle Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Specimen at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha
Genus:	†Amphiperca Weitzel, 1933
Species:	†A. multiformis
Binomial name
†Amphiperca multiformis Weitzel, 1933

Some authors have suggested serranid or percichthyid affinities for it.^[4]