Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish. Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.

Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.

Fossil of Acrolepis sedgwicki

Included genera and species

  • Genus †Acrolepis Agassiz, 1843 †Acrolepis frequens Yankevich, 1996 †Acrolepis gigas Frič, 1877 †Acrolepis hamiltoni Johnston & Morton, 1890 †Acrolepis hopkinsi M'Coy, 1848 †Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson, 1868 †Acrolepis? laetus Lambe, 1916 [Pteronisculus? laetus] †Acrolepis languescens Yankevich, 1996 †Acrolepis ortholepis Traquair, 1884 †Acrolepis sedgwicki Agassiz, 1843 (type species) †Acrolepis semigranulosa Traquair, 1890 †Acrolepis tasmanicus Johnston & Morton, 1891 †Acrolepis wilsoni Traquair, 1888
  • Genus †Acropholis Aldinger, 1937 †Acropholis stensioei Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
  • Genus †Challaia Rusconi, 1946 †Challaia magna Rusconi, 1949 (type species) †Challaia elongata (Cabrera, 1944)
  • Genus †Namaichthys Gürich, 1923 †Namaichthys digitata (Woodward, 1890) †Namaichthys schroederi Gürich, 1923 (type species)
  • Genus †Plegmolepis Aldinger, 1937 †Plegmolepis groenlandica Aldinger, 1937 †Plegmolepis kochi Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
  • Genus †Reticulolepis Westoll, 1934 †Reticulolepis exsculpta (Kurtze, 1839)