Gyrinichthys

Gyrinichthys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It only species is Gyrinichthys minytremus which is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean where a single specimen was found once at a depth of 640 metres (2,100 ft) near Unalaska island.[1][2]

Gyrinichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Gyrinichthys
C. H. Gilbert, 1896
Species:
G. minytremus
Binomial name
Gyrinichthys minytremus
C. H. Gilbert, 1896

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Gyrinichthys minytremus" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gyrinichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 March 2023.


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