''Holophagus'' is an extinct genus of

coelacanth The coelacanths ( ) are fish belonging to the order Actinistia that includes two extant species in the genus ''Latimeria'': the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (''Latimeria chalumnae''), primarily found near the Comoro Islands off the east coast ...

belonging to

Latimeriidae Latimeriidae is the only extant family of coelacanths, an ancient lineage of lobe-finned fish. It contains two extant species in the genus ''Latimeria'', found in deep waters off the coasts of southern Africa and east-central Indonesia. In additio ...

. The type species, ''Holophagus gulo,'' is known from the Lower Jurassic marine

Lias Lias may refer to: Geology * Lias Formation, a geologic formation in France *Lias Group, a lithostratigraphic unit in western Europe * Early Jurassic, an epoch People * Godfrey Lias, British author * Mohd Shamsudin Lias (born 1953), Malaysian ...

of England. A similar form, referred to as ''cf''. ''Holophagus'', has been reported from the Early Cretaceous Las Hoyas site of Spain.

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Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera Jurassic bony fish Latimeriidae Jurassic fish of Europe {{Jurassic-fish-stub