Pleuropholidae is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.

It is one of several families that were historically placed in the paraphyletic order Pholidophoriformes.

[1][2] Pleuropholids can be distinguished from other "pholidophoriforms" by the elongated scales on the sides of their bodies.

[1] The family has five genera:[1][2]

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