WoRMS taxon details
Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922
159432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159432)
accepted
Species
Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xenodermichthys dalgleishi (Gilchrist, 1922) · unaccepted
Xenolepichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Xenolepidichthis dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Xenolepidichthys dagleishi Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: 43.5°N to northern South America
Distribution Western Atlantic: 43.5°N to northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159432 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]
original description (of Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927) Breder, C.M.Jr. (1927). Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> 1 (art. 1): 1-90. [details]
basis of record Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
original description (of Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927) Breder, C.M.Jr. (1927). Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University.</em> 1 (art. 1): 1-90. [details]
basis of record Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: 43.5°N to northern South America [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Found in deep waters, ranging from 200 to 885m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted tinselfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒシマトウダイ | [details] |
| Russian | Бриллиантовый чешуеигл | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenodermichthys dalgleishi (Gilchrist, 1922))
To FishBase (from synonym Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenolepidichthys dagleishi Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenolepidichthis dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenolepichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi P04325 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenodermichthys dalgleishi (Gilchrist, 1922))
To FishBase (from synonym Grammicolepis squamilineatus Mowbray, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenolepidichthys dagleishi Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenolepidichthis dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenolepichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922)
To FishBase
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi P04325 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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