Biology:Limp eelpout
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Short description: Species of fish
| Limp eelpout | |
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| From plate 82 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnelinae |
| Genus: | Melanostigma Kirschstein, 1939 |
| Species: | M. gelatinosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881
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The limp eelpout, Melanostigma gelatinosum, is an eelpout, of the genus Melanostigma, found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m. Their length is between 15 and 30 cm.
References
- "Melanostigma gelatinosum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=182905. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Melanostigma gelatinosum" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q1925928 entry
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