Enchelyolepis (meaning "eel-like scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe. It was a member of the Macrosemiidae, a family of ginglymodians distantly related to modern gars, and contains two species that were both previously described as species of Macrosemius.

The following species are known:

†E. andrewsi (Woodward, 1895) (type species) - Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (middle Purbeck Group) †E. pectoralis (Sauvage, 1883) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of France (Portland Group)

Both species were very small for their order, with E. andrewsi being only in length.

See also

Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish

References