Eolophotes ("dawn Lophotes") is an extinct genus of prehistoric crestfish that inhabited the northeastern Tethys Ocean during the Eocene.

It contains a single species, E. lenis, known from the Lutetian-aged Dabakhan Formation of Georgia.

It is a diminutive, poorly-known species, but represents the oldest fossil record of the group.

[1][2][3] However, Brownstein & Near (2023) found the Lophotidae to be potentially non-monophyletic, and Eolophotes to be a member of the Taeniosomi with uncertain placement.

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