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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| 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.
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