Grammicolepis

Translingual

Etymology

First described in 1873 by Felipe Poey y Aloy. A compound of the Ancient Greek γρᾰμμῐκός (grammikós, “linear”) +‎ λεπῐ́ς (lepís, “fishscale”).

Proper noun

Grammicolepis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Grammicolepididae – one species of tinselfish, Grammicolepis brachiusculus.
- 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, page 405:
  Género. El género Grammicolepis tiene por etimología γραμμικός, linearis; λεπὶς, squama.

Synonyms

(genus in Grammicolepididae): Vesposus (obsolete)

Hypernyms

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

References

Grammicolepis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Grammicolepis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Grammicolepis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Grammicolepis at World Register of Marine Species
Grammicolepis on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Grammicolepis at Encyclopedia of Life
Grammicolepis at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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