Scientific Name	Grammicolepis brachiusculus   Pronounce			by: ©National Museum of Marine Science and Techonology
Author	Poey, 1873	Depth	400 - 800M
Chinese	斑線菱鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	線菱鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F287　Grammicolepididae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	斑線菱鯛
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	斑菱的鯛、線鱗鯛
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Havana, Cuba [Gulf of Mexico, Western Atlantic]
Synonyms	Daramattus americanus, Daramattus armatus, Daramattus barnardi, Grammocolepis brachiosculus, Vesposus egregius, Xenolepidichthys americanus
Reference	Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2004)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059352. ASIZP0072325. ASIZP0805243. ASIZP0915077. FRIP00015. FRIP00499. NMMSTP00903.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Thorny tinsefish; Grammicolepidid
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong in adults, diamond-shaped in juveniles, and strongly compressed, its depth much greater than head length. Mouth small; maxilla ridged, bound to ascending processes of premaxillae, loosely connected to palatines; jaws with 1 or 2 rows of small, slender teeth. Gill rakers rudimentary. Sides of Body, bases of dorsal and anal fins with small spiny bony plates in juveniles less than 19cm SL. Dorsal fin with VI slender spines and 33 to 34 unbranched soft rays; anal fin with II or III spines and 33 to 38 unbranched soft rays; the first 2 spines of dorsal and anal fins serrated and produced into a filament in juveniles, but rudimentary in adults; caudal fin forked, upper lobe longer than lower; pelvic fins with I spine and 6 branched soft rays. Vertebrae 43. Colour in adults uniformly silvery; juveniles with irregular black blotches on body, black spots on caudal fin, and 5 black bars on anal fin.
habitats	Found in deep midwater or near bottom about 500 m. Apparently rare, no information available on biology.
Distribution	Eastern Atlantic: Spain to the Gulf of Guinea and southward to Durban, South Africa. Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to off Suriname. North Pacific: Japan and Hawaii. It is very rare and only found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.