†Protelops Laube 1885 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Elopidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 35333
Parent taxon: Elopidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Anaethalion, Ctenodentelops, Ectasis, Elopopsis, Elops, Elopsomolos, Esocelops, Ichthyemidion, Notelops, Osmeroides, Palelops, Paraelops, Paratarpon, Parelops, Promegalops, Rhacolepis, Spaniodon, Thrissopater, Thrissopteroides
Subtaxa: Protelops anglicus, Protelops geinitzii
Type: Protelops geinitzii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore