Melanostomias margaritifer

Species of fish

Melanostomias margaritifer

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Stomiiformes
Family:  | Stomiidae
Genus:  | Melanostomias
Species:  |

M. margaritifer

Binomial name
Melanostomias margaritifer

Regan & Trewavas, 1930[1]

Melanostomias margaritifer is a species of fish from the family Stomiidae. The species occur in the Caribbean in the Northwest Atlantic. Its maximum length is around 8 cm (3.1 in) and its body is quite long. This pelagic-oceanic fish can be found 70 to 100 m (230 to 330 ft) below the water surface.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melanostomias margaritifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
2. ^ "Melanostomias margaritifer". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2023-03-20.

Taxon identifiers

Melanostomias margaritifer|

* Wikidata: Q522553
* BOLD: 140637
* CoL: 3ZBK9
* FishBase: 57904
* GBIF: 2347172
* iNaturalist: 621322
* IRMNG: 10290718
* ITIS: 622472
* IUCN: 47165457
* NCBI: 1311462
* OBIS: 275163
* Open Tree of Life: 3628972
* WoRMS: 275163

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