Protolophotus

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Protolophotus
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P. elami holotype, scale bar = 20 mm
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Lophotidae
Genus: Protolophotus
Walters, 1957 [1]

Protolophotus is an extinct genus of crestfishes, belong to the family Lophotidae. [2]

References

  1. Protolophotus at the Paleobiology Database
  2. Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 229. ISBN   978-0-471-25031-9.