# Protolophotus

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{{short description|Extinct genus of crestfishes}}
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| image = †Protolophotus elami, holotype MNHN.F.EIP10d.png
| image_caption = ''P. elami'' [holotype](/source/holotype), scale bar = 20 mm
| taxon = Protolophotus
| authority = Walters, 1957<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35834 ''Protolophotus''] at the [Paleobiology Database](/source/Paleobiology_Database)</ref>
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'''''Protolophotus''''' is an extinct genus of [crestfish](/source/crestfish)es, belong to the family [Lophotidae](/source/Crestfish).<ref>{{Cite book| last = Nelson| first = J. S.| title = [Fishes of the World](/source/Fishes_of_the_World)| authorlink = Joseph S. Nelson| location = Hoboken, NJ| date = 2006| edition = 4| publisher = John Wiley & Sons| isbn = 978-0-471-25031-9| page=229}}</ref> 

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Category:Lophotidae
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1957
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