''Protolophotus'' is an extinct genus of
crestfish
Crestfishes, family Lophotidae, are lampriform fishes found in most oceans. It consists of two extant and four extinct genera.
They are elongated, ribbon-like fishes, silver in color, found in deep tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Thei ...
es, belong to the family
Lophotidae.
References
Lophotidae
Fossil taxa described in 1957
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