Belonophago

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Belonophago hutsebouti.jpg

| image_caption = Belonophago hutsebouti

| taxon = Belonophago

| authority = Giltay, 1929

}}

Belonophago is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Distichodontidae. The fishes in this genus are found in the Congo River basin in Africa. They are specialized fin-eaters.{{cite journal |author=Lavoué, S. |author2=M.E.Arnegard |author3=D.L. Rabosky |author4=P.B. McIntyre |author5=D. Arcila |author6=R.P. Vari |author7=M. Nishida |display-authors=3 |year=2017 |title=Trophic evolution in African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=113 |pages=23-32 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001}}