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Melanostigma
Melanostigma is a cosmopolitan genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The fishes in this genus are found all round the world.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Atlantic Soft Pout
speciesMelanostigma atlanticum
Pacific Soft Pout
speciesMelanostigma pammelas
Limp Eelpout
speciesMelanostigma gelatinosum
Melanostigma inexpectatum
speciesMelanostigma inexpectatum
Melanostigma orientale
speciesMelanostigma orientale
Melanostigma vitiazi
speciesMelanostigma vitiazi
Melanostigma kharini
speciesMelanostigma kharini
Melanostigma bellingshauseni
speciesMelanostigma bellingshauseni
Melanostigma japonicum
speciesMelanostigma japonicum
Melanostigma meteori
speciesMelanostigma meteori
Melanostigma olgae
speciesMelanostigma olgae
Melanostigma lazarevi
speciesMelanostigma lazarevi
Melanostigma thalassium
speciesMelanostigma thalassium
Melanostigma flaccidum
speciesMelanostigma flaccidum
Melanostigma bathium
speciesMelanostigma bathium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89840.