title: Melanogaster
text: # Melanogaster
  
  Melanogaster ("black-bellied") may refer to the following organisms:
  
  * Genera:
     * Melanogaster (fungus), a genus of false truffles
     * Melanogaster (fly), a genus of hoverflies
  * Species:
     * Drosophila melanogaster, a species of fruit fly, widespread and also important in research
     * Acheilognathus melanogaster, a species of brackish-freshwater ray-finned fish in Japan
     * Anhinga melanogaster, the Oriental darter (snakebird), a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia
     * Turnix melanogaster, the black-breasted buttonquail (a rare bird in Australia)
  