''Grammicolepis'' is a

monotypic 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 "unisp ...

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 ''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

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, 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 Ocean Taxa named by Felipe Poey Fish described in 1873 {{Zeiformes-stub