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Grammicolepididae
spotted tinselfish
Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi
Grammicolepidid Fish of New Zealand Waters
spotted tinselfish is a marine fish found around Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 17.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Dories
- Family
- Grammicolepididae
- Genus
- Xenolepidichthys
- Maximum length
- 17.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea, off Senegal, and off South Africa; reported from Namibia (Ref. 4255 ). Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA to northern South America (Ref. 7251 ). Also found in Brazil (Ref. 47377 ). Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines, New Caledonia, between Fiji and Tonga Islands, Australia (Ref. 7300 ), New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Indian Ocean (Ref. 47377 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

