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Melanostigma pammelas  Gilbert, 1896

Midwater eelpout
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Gymnelinae
Etymology: Melanostigma: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, stigma = signal (Ref. 45335).   More on author: Gilbert.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 699 - ? m (Ref. 58018).   Deep-water, preferred ?; 55°N - 25°N, 134°W - 112°W

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Northeast Pacific: Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada to central Mexico. Records from Alaska are erroneous (Ref. 11458).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 84-88; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 69 - 75. Variable in color, black on head and abdomen, brownish elsewhere (Ref. 6885). Living color sometimes silvery blue (Ref. 6885).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in deep coastal waters (Ref. 2850).

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Anderson, M.E., 1994. Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 60:120 p. (Ref. 11954)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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