Palaeoperca

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55.8|40.4|Early- Middle Eocene}}

| image = Palaeoperca_proxima.jpg

| image_caption =Palaeoperca proxima fossil

| taxon = Palaeoperca

| authority = Micklich, 1978

}}

Palaeoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. Fossils were found in the Messel pit.{{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 = 2009-02-27 }}