Animalia > Chordata > Myctophiformes > Myctophidae > Symbolophorus

Symbolophorus (Lanternfish)

Synonyms: Scopelus

Wikipedia Abstract

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
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Species

Nyctophus biatlanticus
Symbolophorus barnardi (Barnard's lanternfish)
Symbolophorus boops (Spotfin lanternfish) (Attributes)
Symbolophorus californiensis (California lanternfish)
Symbolophorus evermanni (Evermann's lanternfish) (Attributes)
Symbolophorus kreffti (Lanternfish) (Attributes)
Symbolophorus meridionalis
Symbolophorus moriguchii
Symbolophorus opononiensis
Symbolophorus prionotus
Symbolophorus reversus (Reverse gland lanternfish)
Symbolophorus rufinus (Lanternfish) (Attributes)
Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis
Symbolophorus veranyi (largescale laternfish) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0