Melanostigma
# Melanostigma

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
