''Amphiperca'' is an extinct genus of freshwater percomorph

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

that lived from the early to middle

Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...

of Europe. It has one known species, ''A. multiformis'', known from the famous

Messel Pit The Messel Formation is a Formation (geology), geologic formation in Hesse, central Germany, dating back to the Eocene Epoch (geology), epoch (about 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There it unconformably overlie ...

of Germany. Indeterminate remains are known from concurrent formations in Occitanie, France. It was a predatory fish that is known to have fed on '' Thaumaturus'' and '' Rhenanoperca''. Some authors have suggested serranid or percichthyid affinities for it.

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Prehistoric percomorph genera Eocene fish of Europe Fossils of Germany Fossils of France Fossil taxa described in 1933 Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera {{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub