Family Grammicolepididae - Grammicolepidids
  Order
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Grammicolepididae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 3 | Species : 3 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: disjunct areas over Atlantic and Pacific. Dorsal fin 5-7 spines, 27-34 soft rays. Anal fin 2 spines, 27-35 soft rays. Dorsal and anal fin bases flanked with a row of spines along each side. Pelvic fin 1 spine, 6 soft rays. Caudal fin branched rays 13; branched. Vertebrae 37-46 (Ref. 7463). Scales elongated vertically, covering body and most of head. Mouth ver small; maxilla ridged, bound to ascending process of premaxilla, loosely connected to palatines. Jaws with 1 or 2 rows of minute slender teeth, none on vomer or palatines. Gills 3.5, no slit behind last hemibranch; branchiostegal rays 7, the membranes joined to isthmus. In young individuals, first anal spine is greatly prolonged, reaching to or well beyond caudal fin, and the second dorsal spine is usually longer than the head; these prolonged fin rays become greatly shortened in adults. Tinselfishes occur at depths of 100 - 800 (Ref. 4255).
  Etymology
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Greek, grammikos = in a geometric way + Greek, lepis, -idos = scale ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Paracanthopterygii | | Zeiogadaria | Zeiariae | | Zeiformes | Zeiodei | | Grammicolepididae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Grammicolepididae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Grammicolepidinae
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Vesposus egregius Jordan, 1921
synonymjuniororiginal
Xenolepidichthys americanus Nichols & Firth, 1939
synonymjuniororiginal
Daramattus americanus (Nichols & Firth, 1939)
synonymjuniornew
Daramattus armatus Smith, 1960
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Xenodermichthys dalgleishi (Gilchrist, 1922)
synonymseniornew
! Xenolepichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922
synonymseniororiginal
! Xenolepidichthis dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922
synonymseniororiginal
! Xenolepidichthys dagleishi Gilchrist, 1922
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Macrurocyttinae
acceptedseniororiginal
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