| Oligolophotes Temporal range:
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| Holotype, scale bar = 10 mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Lophotidae |
| Genus: | †Oligolophotes Bannikov, 1999[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Oligolophotes fragosus Bannikov, 1999[1]
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Oligolophotes is an extinct genus of fish[1][2] from the Early Oligocene of the bank of Belaya River in Adygea, the Caucasus Mountains. There is one species, Oligolophotes fragosus, known from the holotype that is estimated to have measured 122 mm (4.8 in) in body length.[1]
- ^ a b c d Bannikov, A. F. (1999). "A review of fossil Lampridiformes (Teleostei) finds with a description of a new Lophotidae genus and species from the Oligocene of the northern Caucasus". Paleontological Journal. 33: 68–76.
- ^ GBIF Secretariat (2013). "Oligolophotes Bannikov, 1999". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Retrieved 21 October 2015.