Symbolophorus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| fossil_range = Miocene to Present{{cite journal

| last = Sepkoski

| first = Jack

| authorlink =

| title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera

| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology

| volume = 364

| issue =

|page=560

| date = 2002

| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

| doi =

| id =

| accessdate = 2008-01-08 }}

| image = Symbolophorus barnardi (no common name).gif

| image_caption = Barnard's Lanternfish (S. barnardi)

| taxon = Symbolophorus

| authority = Bolin & Wisner, 1959

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Symbolophorus is a genus of lanternfishes. It feeds on various small forms of sea life, in particular fish. Some species in this genus are known to exhibit the Stylophthalmine trait in their larval form