{{Short description|Extinct order of fishes}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Perleidus altolepis recon.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Perleidus|Perleidus altolepis]]'' | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Triassic}} | taxon = Perleidiformes | authority = [[Lev Berg|Berg]], 1937 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = * {{extinct}}[[Aethodontidae]] * {{extinct}}[[Cephaloxenidae]] * {{extinct}}[[Cleithrolepididae]] * {{extinct}}[[Colobodontidae]] * {{extinct}}[[Gabanellidae]] * {{extinct}}[[Perleididae]] * {{extinct}}[[Platysiagidae]] * {{extinct}}[[Polzbergiidae]] * {{extinct}}[[Pseudobeaconiidae]] * {{extinct}}''[[Saurichthyes]]'' | synonyms = * Perleidida * Polzbergiiformes <small>Griffith 1977</small> * Cephaloxeniformes * Platysiagiformes <small>Brough 1939</small> * Platysiagida <small>Fowler 1958</small> }}

'''Perleidiformes''' are an [[extinct]] [[order (biology)|order]] of prehistoric [[ray-finned fish]] from the [[Triassic]] [[period (geology)|period]]<ref>{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 363 |pages = 1–560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | access-date = 2011-05-17 }}</ref> Although numerous Triassic [[taxa]] have been referred to Perleidiformes, which ones should be included for it to form a [[monophyletic]] group is a matter of ongoing scientific debate.<ref name="Xu 2020">{{Cite journal |author1=Xu, G.-H. |name-list-style=amp |year=2020 |title=''Feroxichthys yunnanensis'' gen. et sp. nov. (Colobodontidae, Neopterygii), a large durophagous predator from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Luoping Biota, eastern Yunnan, China |journal=PeerJ |volume=8 |article-number=e10229 |doi=10.7717/peerj.10229|pmid=33150093 |pmc=7583626 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Wen2019">{{cite journal |last1=Wen |first1=W. |last2=Hu |first2=S. X. |last3=Zhang |first3=Q. Y. |last4=Benton |first4=M. J. |last5=Kriwet |first5=J. |last6=Chen |first6=Z. Q. |last7=Zhou |first7=C. Y. |last8=Xie |first8=T. |last9=Huang |first9=J. Y. |title=A new species of ''Platysiagum'' from the Luoping Biota (Anisian, Middle Triassic, Yunnan, South China) reveals the relationship between Platysiagidae and Neopterygii |journal=Geological Magazine |date=2019 |volume=156 |issue=4 |pages=669–682 |doi=10.1017/S0016756818000079|bibcode=2019GeoM..156..669W |hdl=1983/67be3458-c375-4742-b7b0-22e52c7b5040 |s2cid=134097409 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Sun2008">{{cite journal |last1=Sun |first1=Z. |last2=Tintori |first2=A. |last3=Lombardo |first3=C. |last4=Jiang |first4=D. |last5=Hao |first5=W. |last6=Sun |first6=Y. |last7=Wu |first7=F. |last8=Rusconi |first8=M. |title=A new species of the genus ''Colobodus'' Agassiz, 1844 (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Pelsonian (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou, South China |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |date=2008 |volume=114 |issue=3 |pages=363–376}}</ref> [[File:Chaohuperleidus.jpg|thumb|''Chaohuperleidus primus'', one of the earliest perleidids]]

==Classification== *Genus † ''[[Saurichthyes]]'' ** '''Family''' †'''[[Cleithrolepididae]]''' <small>Wade 1935 corrig.</small> [Cleithrolepidae <small>Wade 1935</small>; Hydropessidae <small>Hutchinson 1973</small>] *** Genus †''[[Hydropessum]]'' <small>Broom 1909</small> *** Genus †''[[Cleithrolepidina]]'' <small>Berg 1955</small> *** Genus †''[[Cleithrolepis]]'' <small>Egerton 1864</small> *** Genus †''[[Dipteronotus]]'' <small>Egerton 1864</small> ** '''Suborder''' †'''Cephaloxenoidei''' <small>Lehman 1966 </small> *** '''Family''' †'''[[Cephaloxenidae]]''' <small>Brough 1939</small> **** Genus †''[[Cephaloxenus]]'' <small>Brough 1939</small> ** '''Suborder''' †'''Perleidoidei''' *** '''Family''' †'''[[Platysiagidae]]''' <small>Brough 1939 sensu Neuman & Mutter 2005</small> **** Genus †''[[Caelatichthys]]'' <small>Lombardo 2002</small> **** Genus †''[[Helmolepis]]'' <small>Stensiö 1932</small> **** Genus †''[[Platysiagum]]'' <small>Egerton 1872</small> *** '''Family''' †'''[[Polzbergiidae]]''' <small>Griffin 1977</small> **** Genus †''[[Luopingichthys]]'' <small>Sun et al. 2009</small> **** Genus †''[[Serrolepis]]'' <small>Quenstedt 1852 ex Dames 1888</small> **** Genus †''[[Ctenognathichthys]]'' <small>Burgin 1992</small> **** Genus †''[[Stoppania]]'' <small>Lombardo, Rusconi & Tintori 2008</small> **** Genus †''[[Polzbergia]]'' <small>Griffith 1977</small> **** Genus †''[[Felberia]]'' <small>Lombardo & Tintori 2004</small> *** '''Family''' †'''[[Gabanellidae]]''' <small>Tintori & Lombardo 1996</small> **** Genus †''[[Gabanellia]]'' <small>Tintori & Lombardo 1996</small> *** '''Family''' †'''[[Aethodontidae|Aetheodontidae]]''' <small>Brough 1939</small> **** Genus †''[[Aetheodontus]]'' <small>Brough 1939</small> *** '''Family''' †'''[[Colobodontidae]]''' <small>Andersson 1916</small> [Asterodontidae <small>Jordan 1923</small>] **** Genus †''[[Albertonia]]'' <small>Gardiner 1966</small> **** Genus †''[[Boreichthys]]'' <small>Selezneva 1982</small> **** Genus †''[[Cenchrodus]]'' <small>von Meyer 1847</small> **** Genus †''[[Chrotichthys]]'' <small>Wade 1940</small> **** Genus †''[[Crenolepis|Crenilepis]]'' <small>Dames 1888</small> [''[[Crenolepis|Crenilepoides]]'' <small>Strand 1929</small>] **** Genus †''[[Dollopterus]]'' <small>Abel 1906</small> [''Dolichopterus'' <small>Compter 1891 non Hall 1859 non Murray 1870</small>] **** Genus †''[[Engycolobodus]]'' <small>Oertle 1927</small> **** Genus †''[[Hemilopas]]'' <small>von Meyer 1847</small> **** Genus †''[[Manlietta]]'' <small>Wade 1935</small> **** Genus †''[[Meidiichthys]]'' <small>Borough 1931</small> **** Genus †''[[Meridensia]]'' <small>Stensiö 1916</small> **** Genus †''[[Nephrotus]]'' <small>Meyer 1849</small> [''[[Omphalodus]]'' <small>Meyer 1847</small>; ''[[Eupleurodus]]'' <small>Gürich, 1884</small>] **** Genus †''[[Pristisomus]]'' <small>Woodward 1890</small> **** Genus †''[[Procheirichthys]]'' <small>Wade 1935</small> **** Genus †''[[Zeuchthiscus]]'' <small>Wade 1940</small> **** Genus †''[[Colobodus]]'' <small>Agassiz 1844</small> [''[[Asterodon (fish)|Asterodon]]'' <small>Münster, 1841</small>] *** '''Family''' †'''[[Pseudobeaconiidae]]''' <small>López-Arbarello & Zavattieri 2008</small> **** Genus †''[[Caminchaia]]'' <small>Rusconi 1946a</small> **** Genus †''[[Echentaia]]'' <small>Rusconi 1946</small> **** Genus †''[[Pasambaya]]'' <small>Rusconi 1946a</small> **** Genus †''[[Anatoia]]'' <small>Rusconi 1946a</small> **** Genus †''[[Pseudobeaconia]]'' <small>Bordas 1944</small> *** '''Family''' †'''[[Perleididae]]''' <small>Brough 1931</small> [Fuyuanperleididae <small>Sun et al. 2012</small>] **** Genus †''[[Altisolepis]]'' <small>Mutter & Herzog 2004</small> **** Genus †''[[Alvinia]]'' <small>Sytchevskaya 1999 non Monterosato 1884</small> **** Genus †''[[Chaohuperleidus]]'' <small>Sun et al., 2013</small> **** Genus †''[[Daninia]]'' <small>Lombardo 2001</small> **** Genus †''[[Diandongperleidus]]'' <small>Geng et al. 2012</small> **** Genus †''[[Endennia]]'' <small>Lombardo & Brambillasca 2005</small> **** Genus †''[[Fuyuanperleidus]]'' <small>Geng et al. 2012</small> **** Genus †''[[Luopingperleidus]]'' <small>Geng et al. 2012</small> **** Genus †''[[Megaperleidus]]'' <small>Sytchevskaya 1999</small> **** Genus †''[[Mendocinichthys]]'' <small>Whitley 1953</small> [''[[Mendocinia]]'' <small>Bordas 1944 non Jensen-Haarup 1920</small>] **** Genus †''[[Paraperleidus]]'' <small>Zhao & Liu 2007</small> **** Genus †''[[Peltoperleidus]]'' <small>Bürgin et al. 1991</small> **** Genus †''[[Plesioperleidus]]'' <small>Su & Li 1983 sensu Tong et al. 2006</small> [''[[Zhangina]]'' <small>Liu 2002</small>] **** Genus †''[[Perleidus]]'' <small>De Alessandri 1910 sensu Lombardo et al. 2011</small>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} {{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35090|title=Perleidiformes|work=Fossilworks|access-date=17 December 2021}}

{{Neopterygii}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q1659888}}

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