Limp eelpout
Species of fish
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The limp eelpout (Melanostigma gelatinosum) is a marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is the type species of the genus Melanostigma,[1] and this species is found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 m (160 and 8,200 ft). This species has a maximum published total length of 29 cm (11 in).[2]
| Limp eelpout | |
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| From plate 82 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnelinae |
| Genus: | Melanostigma Kirschstein, 1939 |
| Species: | M. gelatinosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881 | |