- Tinselfish
Taxobox
name = Tinselfishes
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Thorny tinselfish , "Grammicolepis brachiusculus", filmed by the NOAA Ocean Explorer at Northampton Seamounts, 40 miles (65 km) southwest ofLaysan ,Hawaii .
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Zeiformes
familia = Grammicolepididae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Grammicolepis " "Macrurocyttus " "Xenolepidichthys " See text for species.Grammicolepididae is a small family of deep-sea fishes, called tinselfishes due to their silvery color.
They are related to the dories, and have similar deeply compressed bodies. The largest species, the
thorny tinselfish , "Grammicolepis brachiusculus", grows up to 64 cm long.They are found in isolated areas of the
Atlantic andPacific Ocean s, where they inhabit deep waters: they have been found down to about 1,000 m.Species
There are three species in three genera:
* Genus "Grammicolepis "
**Thorny tinselfish , "Grammicolepis brachiusculus " Poey, 1873.
* Genus "Macrurocyttus "
** "Macrurocyttus acanthopodus " Fowler, 1934.
* Genus "Xenolepidichthys "
**Spotted tinselfish , "Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi " Gilchrist, 1922.References
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