Subfamily Grammicolepidinae Grammicolepis Xenolepidichthys Subfamily Macrurocyttinae Macrurocyttus The Grammicolepididae are a small family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes in the order Zeiformes.

[5] They are found near the bottom on the continental slope in the tropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Indian and western-central Pacific Oceans.

[6] The largest species, the thorny tinselfish, Grammicolepis brachiusculus, grows up to 64 cm (25 in) long.

[1] Grammicolepis and Xenolepidichthys are silvery fishers with deep and compressed bodies.

Macrurocyttus are dark brown to black, without scales, and smaller, to 10 cm (3.9 in).