Eolates

Eolates ("dawn Lates") is an extinct genus of prehistoric lates perch from the Paleogene of Europe.^[2][3] It contains three species, two marine and one freshwater, known from the early-middle Eocene and Late Oligocene.^[4]

Specimen of E. gracilis

Eolates Temporal range: Early Eocene to Late Oligocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of E. gracilis, Natural History Museum, Berlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Centropomoidei
Family:	Latidae
Genus:	†Eolates Sorbini, 1970
Type species
†Lates gracilis Agassiz, 1833
Species
E. aquensis (Gaudant, 1977) E. gracilis (Agassiz, 1833) E. macrurus (Agassiz, 1833)

The following species are known:^[5][6][7]

• E. aquensis (Gaudant, 1977) - Late Oligocene of France (Aix-en-Provence Formation) (=Lates aquensis Gaudant, 1977)^[4]
• 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.^[8]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish