Eolates

Eolates ("dawn Lates") is an extinct genus of prehistoric lates perch from the Paleogene of Europe. It contains three species, two marine and one freshwater, known from the early-middle Eocene and Late Oligocene.

The following species are known:

E. aquensis (Gaudant, 1977) - Late Oligocene of France (Aix-en-Provence Formation) (=Lates aquensis Gaudant, 1977) E. gracilis (Agassiz, 1833) (type species) - Early Eocene of Italy (Monte Bolca) (=Lates gracilis Agassiz, 1833) E. macrurus (Agassiz, 1833) - Middle Eocene (Lutetian) of France (Lutetian limestone) (=Lates macrurus Agassiz, 1833) The single late-surviving freshwater species, E. aquensis, may be distinct enough to belong to its own genus.

See also

Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish

References