# Prolates

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
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| fossil_range = <!-- {{fossilrange|33.9|30|Early [Oligocene](/source/Oligocene)}} -->
| taxon = Prolates
| authority = Priem, 1899
}}

'''''Prolates''''' is an extinct genus of prehistoric [bony fish](/source/bony_fish).<ref name="sepkoskidb">{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title =  A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |page=560 | date = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Paleontology|Fish}}
* [Prehistoric fish](/source/Prehistoric_fish)
* [List of prehistoric bony fish](/source/List_of_prehistoric_bony_fish)

==References==
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Category:Prehistoric percomorph genera

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