Grammicolepis brachiusculus

Translingual

Grammicolepis brachiusculus

First described in 1873 by Felipe Poey y Aloy as the type species of the then-new monotypic genus Grammicolepis (< Ancient Greek γραμμικός (grammikós, “grammatical”) +‎ λεπίς (lepís, “scale”)). Epithet from Latin brāchium (“limb”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

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A taxonomic species within the family Grammicolepididae – the thorny tinselfish.
- 1873 October 1st, Don Felipe Poey, “Grammicolepis brachiusculus: Tipo de una nueva familia en la clase de los peces” in Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, volume II (1873), lámina xii, pages 403 –406

(thorny tinselfish): Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Zeiformes – order; Zeioidei – suborder; Grammicolepididae – family

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