Velifer

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = KusaAJ.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, A. |date=2020 |title=Velifer hypselopterus |volume=2020 |page=e.T123376458A123376558 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123376458A123376558.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Velifer

| parent_authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1850

| species = hypselopterus

| authority = Bleeker, 1879

}}

Velifer is an Indo-Pacific genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Veliferidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Velifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer. This species grows to a length of {{convert|40|cm|in}} total length and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.