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''Eutelichthys'' is a
monospecific genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family
Liparidae The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a family of marine scorpaeniform fishes. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera ...
, It only species ''Eutelichthys leptochirus'' is found in the western Mediterranean Sea where it occurs at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.


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Liparidae Monotypic fish genera Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Fish described in 1959 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub