| Valid name | Symbolophorus |
| Synonym | Type: Myctophum californiense Eigenmann and Eigenmann, by orig. design., Cortez Banks, off San Diego. |
| Synonym | Symbolophorus Bolin and Wisner, 1959 |
| Synonym | Scopelus (non Cuvier) Fraser-Brunner, 1949, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 118: 1054 (type: Scopelus humboldti ( |
| Synonym | Gender: M; In Bolin, 1959, Rep. sci. Res. 'Michael Sars' N. Atl. Deep Sea Exped, 1910, 4, pt. 2(7):11 |