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Teleostei (teleosts) > Zeiformes (Dories) > Grammicolepididae (Grammicolepidids) > Grammicolepidinae
Etymology: Xenolepidichthys: Greek, xenos = strange + (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Commodore James Dalgleish (1891–1964) was a Scottish-born chief of the Seaward Defense Force (later the South African Navy) (1941–1946). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 128 - 885 m (Ref. 4503), usually 200 - 400 m (Ref. 4503). Deep-water; 38°N - 7°N

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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).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39376)

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Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 30; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 27 - 29. Body silvery, with round black spots; anterior pelvic rays and end of caudal fin black (Ref. 4255). First dorsal spine minute, 2nd the longest; 1st anal spine markedly long, subequal to orbit (Ref. 13608). Gill rakers rudimentary.

Found on the continental slope. Benthic species (Ref. 75154). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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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 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 31 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 9.6 - 19.4, mean 13.3 °C (based on 233 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.1250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00913 - 0.03976), b=2.94 (2.75 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist, 1922