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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnelinae |
| Genus: | Melanostigma Günther, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881[1]
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Species edit
The following species are classified within the genus Melanostigma:[2]
- Melanostigma atlanticum Koefoed, 1952
- Melanostigma bathium Bussing, 1965
- Melanostigma bellingshauseni Orlovskaya & Balushkin, 2020
- Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881
- Melanostigma inexpectatum Parin, 1977
- Melanostigma kharini Balushkin & Moganova, 2018
- Melanostigma orientale Tominaga, 1971
- Melanostigma pammelas Gilbert, 1896
- Melanostigma vitiazi Parin, 1980
In addition Catalog of Fishes recognises the following additional species which are not recognised as valid species in FishBase.[3]
- Melanostigma flaccidum Waite, 1914
- Melanostigma japonicum Balushkin, 2019
- Melanostigma lazarevi Orlovskaya & Balushkin, 2020
- Melanostigma meteori Balushkin & Orlovskaya, 2019
- Melanostigma olgae Balushkin & Moganova, 2017
- Melanostigma thalassium Orlovskaya & Balushkin 2019
References edit
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gymnelinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Melanostigma in FishBase. June 2022 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Melanostigma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2022.