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Tinselfish

Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922

Status not recordedbony fish

The tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi) is a species in the family Grammicolepididae, order Zeiformes.

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Quick facts about the tinselfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tinselfish live?

Not recorded

Is the tinselfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tinselfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderZeiformes
  5. familyGrammicolepididae
  6. genusXenolepidichthys
  7. SpeciesXenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922

Synonyms Grammicolepis squamilineatus, Xenodermichthys dalgleishi, Xenolepichthys dalgleishi, Xenolepidichthis dalgleishi, Xenolepidichthys dagleishi

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Spotted tinselfishEnglish
  • Peix orpel·lo tacatCatalan
  • maloústka skvrnitáCzech
  • Pez oropel manchadoSpanish
  • ヒシマトウダイJapanese
  • Peixe-ouropel-pintadoPortuguese
  • Бриллиантовый чешуеиглRussian
  • ปลาแป้นเหลี่ยมทะเลลึกThai
  • 菱的鯛Chinese
  • 幾內亞灣異菱的鯛Chinese
  • 異菱的鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tinselfish

Other species in the same family Grammicolepididae.

Dwarf dory

Macrurocyttus acanthopodus

GrammicolepididaeNo free photo yet

CompareTinselfish vs Thorny tinselfishTinselfish vs Dwarf dory

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tinselfish?

The tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi) belongs to the family Grammicolepididae in the order Zeiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinselfish

MLA

“Tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinselfish.

BibTeX
@misc{tinselfish_2026,
  title = {Tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinselfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}