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Limp eelpout
	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
Genus:	Melanostigma
Species:	M. gelatinosum
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 metres. Their length is between 15 and 30 centimetres.

The limp eelpout is a small elongate fish with a rather flabby body and blunt head with large eyes. There are no pelvic fins and the anal fins are small, reduced to a few short rays, but both the dorsal and anal fins are long and fused to the tail fin. The gill slits are reduced to small openings immediately above the pectoral fins, a distinctive feature of this fish.

Limp eelpouts have a loose delicate skin that has a purple-grey tinge on the back, becoming paler on the belly, and more intense towards the tail where it is almost black.

References

"Melanostigma gelatinosum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 19 March. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
Froese, Rainer; 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

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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 metres.  Their length is between 15 and 30 centimetres.
+The '''limp eelpout''' (''Melanostigma gelatinosum'') is an [[eelpout]], of the genus ''[[Melanostigma]]'', found in all oceans at depths of between 50 and 2,500 metres.  Their length is between 15 and 30 centimetres.
-The Limp Eelpout is a small elongate fish with a rather flabby body and blunt head with large eyes.  There are no [[pelvic fin]]s and the [[anal fin]]s are small, reduced to a few short rays, but both the dorsal and anal fins are long and fused to the tail fin.  The [[gill]] slits are reduced to small openings immediately above the [[pectoral fin]]s, a distinctive feature of this fish.
+The limp eelpout is a small elongate fish with a rather flabby body and blunt head with large eyes.  There are no [[pelvic fin]]s and the [[anal fin]]s are small, reduced to a few short rays, but both the dorsal and anal fins are long and fused to the tail fin.  The [[gill]] slits are reduced to small openings immediately above the [[pectoral fin]]s, a distinctive feature of this fish.
-Limp Eelpouts have a loose delicate skin that has a purple-grey tinge on the back, becoming paler on the belly, and more intense towards the tail where it is almost black.
+Limp eelpouts have a loose delicate skin that has a purple-grey tinge on the back, becoming paler on the belly, and more intense towards the tail where it is almost black.
 ==References==