The Grammicolepididae are a small family of deep-sea fishes, called tinselfishes due to their silvery color. They are related to the dories, and have similar deeply compressed bodies. The largest species, the

thorny tinselfish ''Grammicolepis brachiusculus'', the thorny tinselfish, is a species of tinselfish found in deep oceanic waters at depths of from . This species grows to a length of TL. This species is the only known member of its genus Genus ( plural g ...

, ''Grammicolepis brachiusculus'', grows up to long. They are found in isolated areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, where they inhabit deep waters: they have been found down to about . They are rarely caught in trawls. Five have been caught south of the Bay of Biscay. One was caught off Scotland in 2004, and one off Co. Kerry, Ireland in December 2010 by Rossaveal trawler "Maria Magdelena III"

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* * Grammicolepididae Zeiformes {{Zeiformes-stub