Stomiidae

Melanostomias margaritifer

Melanostomias margaritifer

Fish Reaching Twelve Point Seven Centimeters in the Caribbean Sea

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

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.