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Dwarf Dory
Subfamily MACRUROCYTTINAE Myers 1969

Macrurocyttus Fowler 1934 a combination of Macrurus and Cyttus, combining the dark head and abdomen coloration of macrurids (Gadiformes) with the long ventral spine and lack of vomerine teeth of Cyttosoma (=Oreosoma)

Macrurocyttus acanthopodus Fowler 1934 acanthus, (L.), from ákantha (Gr. ἄκανθα), thorn; podus, from podós (Gr. ποδός, genitive of πούς), foot (homologous to the ventral fin), referring to its “very large and conspicuous” ventral-fin spine

Tinselfishes
Subfamily GRAMMICOLEPIDINAE Poey 1873

Grammicolepis Poey 1873 grammikós (γραμματικός), linear; lepís (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to vertical, linear scales (longer than they are wide) covering body

Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey 1873 diminutive of bracchium (L.), forearm, referring to its very short, rounded pectoral fins

Xenolepidichthys Gilchrist 1922 xeno-, from xenikós (Gr. ξενικός), strange or foreign (i.e., different), and lepid, from lepídos (Gr. λεπίδος), genitive of lepίs (λεπίς), scale, “characterized by the great vertical elongation” of its scales; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish

Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi Gilchrist 1922 in honor of Lieut. James Dalgleish (1891–1964), commander of the survey ship Pickle, which collected holotype, and to whom the success of the South African Marine Survey was “largely due”