Melanostigma

Melanostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Zoarcidae
Subfamily:	Gymnelinae
Genus:	Melanostigma; Günther, 1881
Type species
	Melanostigma gelatinosum; Günther, 1881
Synonyms
	Bandichthys Parin, 1980 ;

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.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Melanostigma:

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.

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

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gymnelinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Melanostigma". FishBase. June 2022 version.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Melanostigma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

[CofF-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gymnelinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Melanostigma". FishBase. June 2022 version.

[CofF2-3] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Melanostigma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2022.