Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey, 1873
Thorny tinselfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Zeiformes (Dories) > Grammicolepididae (Grammicolepidids) > Grammicolepidinae
Etymology: Grammicolepis: Greek, grammikos = geometrically + Greek, lepis = scale (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Etymology: Grammicolepis: Greek, grammikos = geometrically + Greek, lepis = scale (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 300 - 1026 m (Ref. 4517), usually 500 - 700 m (Ref. 52595). Deep-water; 42°N - 37°S, 80°W - 154°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Atlantic: Spain to the Gulf of Guinea and southward to Durban, South Africa. Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to off Suriname. North Pacific: Japan and Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32 - 34; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 33 - 35. Body silvery in color; young with irregular black blotches on body, black spots on caudal fin, and 5 black bars on anal fin (Ref. 4255). Gill rakers rudimentary.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Found in deep midwater or near bottom (Ref. 6749); benthopelagic (Ref. 52595). Caught by bottom trawl, bottom lines and drift gill net (Ref. 87951).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Karrer, C., 1990. Grammicolepididae. p. 634-636. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4503)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 April 2012
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.1250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01995 (0.00939 - 0.04240), b=2.91 (2.72 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.9 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax > 10). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100). 🛈 |