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Grammicolepididae
The Grammicolepididae are a small family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes in the order Zeiformes. They are called tinselfishes due to their silvery color. They are found near the bottom on the continental slope in the tropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Indian and western-central Pacific Oceans. They are of no commercial interest but are sometimes caught in trawls. Genera and species The family consists of three species in as many genera in two subfamilies: Subfamily Grammicolepidinae *''Grammicolepis'' ** ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'' Fowler, 1934 *''Xenolepidichthys'' ** ''Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi'' Gilchrist 1922 Subfamily Macrurocyttinae *''Macrurocyttus'' ** ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'' Fowler, 1934 Phylogeny Molecular data not including ''Macrurocyttus'' suggest that Grammicolepididae is a monophyletic group, but without robust identification of its sister group. Morphological data including ''Macrurocyttus'' suggest that the family is polyphyletic, with ' ...
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Grammicolepis
''Grammicolepis'' is a monotypic genus of tinselfish, family Grammicolepididae. The only species is ''Grammicolepis brachiusculus'', the thorny tinselfish or deepscale dory. It is found in deep oceanic waters at depths from , but usually between . It is known from many areas off Australia and occasionally caught as by-catch. Records from northwest Europe include one specimen caught off Scotland in 2004 and one off County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ..., Ireland in 2010. Description This species grows to a length of TL. It is a silvery fish with a highly compressed deep body that is covered in vertically-elongated scales. References Grammicolepididae Monotypic fish genera Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish of the Pacific Oc ...
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Macrurocyttus
''Macrurocyttus '' is a monotypic genus of tinselfish, family Grammicolepididae. The only species is ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'', the dwarf dory. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean where it has been found in the deep waters around the Philippines and Australia on the continental slope at depths at around . It is dark brown species with a relatively shallow body and large eyes. Pelvic fins have a single, large serrated spine. It is scaleless. It can grow to standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is .... References Grammicolepididae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish of the Pacific Ocean Marine fish of Eastern Australia Fish described in 1934 Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Zeiformes-stub ...
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Xenolepidichthys
''Xenolepidichthys'' is a monotypic genus of tinselfish The Grammicolepididae are a small family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes in the order Zeiformes. They are called tinselfishes due to their silvery color. They are found near the bottom on the continental slope in the tropical and temperate regions ..., family Grammicolepididae. The only species is ''Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi'', the spotted tinselfish. It is found in deep oceanic waters at depths from , but usually between . This species grows to a length of TL. References Grammicolepididae Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish described in 1922 Taxa named by John Dow Fisher Gilchrist Monotypic ray-finned fish genera {{Zeiformes-stub ...
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Thorny Tinselfish
''Grammicolepis'' is a monotypic genus of tinselfish, family Grammicolepididae. The only species is ''Grammicolepis brachiusculus'', the thorny tinselfish or deepscale dory. It is found in deep oceanic waters at depths from , but usually between . It is known from many areas off Australia and occasionally caught as by-catch. Records from northwest Europe include one specimen caught off Scotland in 2004 and one off County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ..., Ireland in 2010. Description This species grows to a length of TL. It is a silvery fish with a highly compressed deep body that is covered in vertically-elongated scales. References Grammicolepididae Monotypic fish genera Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish of the Pacific Oc ...
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Macrurocyttinae
''Macrurocyttus '' is a monotypic genus of tinselfish, family Grammicolepididae. The only species is ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'', the dwarf dory. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean where it has been found in the deep waters around the Philippines and Australia on the continental slope at depths at around . It is dark brown species with a relatively shallow body and large eyes. Pelvic fins have a single, large serrated spine. It is scaleless. It can grow to standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is .... References Grammicolepididae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish of the Pacific Ocean Marine fish of Eastern Australia Fish described in 1934 Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Zeiformes-stub ...
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Zeiformes
The Zeiformes are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in six extant families, mostly deep-sea types. The boarfishes ( Caproidae) have been previously included in this order though they are currently included in the Perciformes. Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no orbitosphenoid. Pelvic fins have 5–10 soft rays and possibly a spine, 5–10 dorsal fin spines and up to 4 anal fin spines. They range in size from the dwarf dory ''(Macrurocyttus acanthopodus)'', at in length, to the Cape dory ''(Zeus capensis)'', which measures up to . The earliest known member of the order is '' Cretazeus'' from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian) of Nardò, Italy. Uniquely, despite its age, ''Cretazeus'' is thought to be a derived crown-group zeiform closely related to the Parazenidae (in con ...
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