Protolophotus

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Protolophotus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Lophotidae
Genus:† Protolophotus
Walters, 1957 [1]

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

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Crestfishes, family Lophotidae, are lampriform fishes found in most oceans. It consists of two extant and four extinct genera.

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.


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