Ateleopus

Ateleopus
Temporal range: 15.9–0 Ma Middle Miocene to Present
Ateleopus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ateleopodiformes
Family: Ateleopodidae
Genus: Ateleopus
Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Type species
Ateleopus japonicus
Bleeker, 1854
Species
Synonyms

Podateles Boulenger, 1902

Ateleopus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the jellynose family Ateleopodidae. It is the type genus of its family, and the order Ateleopodiformes. For some time, it was known as Podateles, because Ateleopus had been used to replace the frog genus name Atelopus, which was deemed to be a spelling error. This was mistaken, however, and the fish and frog genera reverted to their original names.

This genus occurs in the fossil record since the mid-Miocene.