''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.
References
Liparidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
Fish described in 1959
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