Amphiperca Temporal range: | |
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Specimen at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Genus: | † Amphiperca Weitzel, 1933 |
Species: | †A. multiformis |
Binomial name | |
†Amphiperca multiformis Weitzel, 1933 | |
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Some authors have suggested serranid or percichthyid affinities for it. [4]
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