Enchelyolepis
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| Enchelyolepis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Specimen of E. andrewsi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | †Semionotiformes |
| Family: | †Macrosemiidae |
| Genus: | †Enchelyolepis Woodward, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| †Macrosemius andrewsi Woodward, 1895 | |
| Species | |
Enchelyolepis (meaning "eel-like scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe.[1][2] It was a member of the Macrosemiidae, a family of ginglymodians distantly related to modern gars, and contains two species that were both previously described as species of Macrosemius.[3]
The following species are known:[4]
- †E. andrewsi (Woodward, 1895) (type species) - Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (middle Purbeck Group)[5]
- †E. pectoralis (Sauvage, 1883) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of France (Portland Group)[6]

Both species were very small for their order, with E. andrewsi being only 35 millimetres (1.4 in) in length.[4]