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WoRMS taxon details

Xenolepidichthys Gilchrist, 1922

AphiaID

159431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159431)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Grammicolepidinae Poey, 1873

Synonymised names

Xenolepichthys Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Xenolepidichthis Gilchrist, 1922 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922
Species Xenolepidichthys americanus Nichols & Firth, 1939 accepted as Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Xenolepidichthys dagleishi Gilchrist, 1922 accepted as Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa. Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Xenolepidichthys Gilchrist, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159431 on 2026-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922). Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. "Pickle" (Part I). Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa. Rep. 2 (art. 3): 41-79, Pls. 7-12. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]