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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei
Family: Zoarcidae Eelpouts
Subfamily: Gymnelinae
Genus: Melanostigma

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)
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Photo by Mac Eachern, W.J.

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Melanostigma atlanticum Koefoed, 1952

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Melanostigma atlanticum
[Atlantic soft pout]
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Max. Length 11.4 cm TL
 
Melanostigma bathium
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 19.4 cm TL
 
Melanostigma bellingshauseni
[]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Circumglobal.
Max. Length 29 cm TL
Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881

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Melanostigma gelatinosum
[Limp eelpout]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
 
Melanostigma inexpectatum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.4 cm TL
 
Melanostigma kharini
[]
No picture found
 
Melanostigma orientale
[]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 30.4 cm TL
Melanostigma pammelas Gilbert, 1896

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Melanostigma pammelas
[Midwater eelpout]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Melanostigma vitiazi Parin, 1980

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Melanostigma vitiazi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Melanostigma atlanticum Atlantic soft pout Northwest Atlantic 15 TL 1952
Melanostigma bathium Southeast Pacific 11.4 TL 1965
Melanostigma bellingshauseni Southern Indian Ocean 19.4 TL
Melanostigma gelatinosum Limp eelpout Circumglobal. 29 TL 1881
Melanostigma inexpectatum Western Central Pacific 10.1 SL 1977
Melanostigma kharini South Pacific Ocean 16.4 TL 2018
Melanostigma orientale Northwest Pacific 1971
Melanostigma pammelas Midwater eelpout Northeast Pacific 30.4 TL 1896
Melanostigma vitiazi Indo-West Pacific 17 TL 1980



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