Melanogaster
# Melanogaster

Melanogaster ("black-bellied") may refer to the following organisms:

* Genera:
   * Melanogaster (fungus), a genus of false truffles
   * Melanogaster (fly), a genus of hoverflies
* Species:
   * Drosophila melanogaster, a species of fruit fly, widespread and also important in research
   * Acheilognathus melanogaster, a species of brackish-freshwater ray-finned fish in Japan
   * Anhinga melanogaster, the Oriental darter (snakebird), a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia
   * Turnix melanogaster, the black-breasted buttonquail (a rare bird in Australia)
