Prolates

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

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| taxon = Prolates

| authority = Priem, 1899

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Prolates is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |page=560 | date = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }}