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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Gyrinichthys C. H. Gilbert, 1896 |
Species: | G. minytremus
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Binomial name | |
Gyrinichthys minytremus C. H. Gilbert, 1896
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gyrinichthys minytremus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ 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.