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Zeiformes
The Zeiformes are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in six extant families, mostly deep-sea types. The boarfishes ( Caproidae) have been previously included in this order though they are currently included in the Perciformes. Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no orbitosphenoid. Pelvic fins have 5–10 soft rays and possibly a spine, 5–10 dorsal fin spines and up to 4 anal fin spines. They range in size from the dwarf dory ''(Macrurocyttus acanthopodus)'', at in length, to the Cape dory ''(Zeus capensis)'', which measures up to . The earliest known member of the order is '' Cretazeus'' from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian) of Nardò, Italy. Uniquely, despite its age, ''Cretazeus'' is thought to be a derived crown-group zeiform closely related to the Parazenidae (in con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cretazeus
''Cretazeus'' is an extinct genus of marine Zeiformes, zeiform fish from the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, ''Cretazeus rinaldii'' from the late Campanian or early Maastrichtian age of Nardò, Italy. It is the oldest known zeiform fish, and is alternatively considered the only member of the family Cretazeidae or the most basal member of the family Parazenidae. Uniquely, despite its age, ''Cretazeus'' is considered a Derived (phylogenetics), derived zeiform nested within the order's crown group, as the sister to the Parazenidae; many other lineages of both extant and fossil zeiforms are more Basal (phylogenetics), basal than ''Cretazeus'', despite only appearing later in the geological record. This suggests that several lineages of zeiforms were present during the Late Cretaceous and survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction, with several surviving to the present day, despite this not being preserved in the fossil record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parazenidae
Parazenidae is a family of zeiform fishes found in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...s. References External links Zeiformes Euteleostei families {{Zeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammicolepididae
The Grammicolepididae are a small family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes in the order Zeiformes. They are called tinselfishes due to their silvery color. 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. They are of no commercial interest but are sometimes caught in trawls. Genera and species The family consists of three species in as many genera in two subfamilies: Subfamily Grammicolepidinae *''Grammicolepis'' ** ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'' Fowler, 1934 *''Xenolepidichthys'' ** ''Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi'' Gilchrist 1922 Subfamily Macrurocyttinae *''Macrurocyttus'' ** ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'' Fowler, 1934 Phylogeny Molecular data not including ''Macrurocyttus'' suggest that Grammicolepididae is a monophyletic group, but without robust identification of its sister group. Morphological data including ''Macrurocyttus'' suggest that the family is polyphyletic, with ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caproidae
Caproidae, or boarfishes, are a small family of marine fishes comprising two genera and 19 species. These fishes are found throughout the world in temperate and tropical seas. Taxonomy Caproidae was first proposed as a family in 1835 by the French naturalist and ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Caproidae was formerly placed in the order Zeiformes with the dories, but were later moved to Perciformes based on percoid characteristics of the caudal skeleton and other morphological evidence. More recent revisions of Percomorpha have seen them placed in Caproiformes or Acanthuriformes. Etymology Caproidae comes from the genus name ''Capros'' which is derived from the Greek word ''kapros'' meanin "boar". This is a reference to the rather cylindrical snout, ending in a small mouth with a protrusible upper lip which Bonaparte thought had some resemblance to snout of a pig or boar. Genera Caproidae contains the following subfamilies and genera: * Antigoniinae D. S. Jordan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Dory
The Cape dory (also spelled Cape Dory, or known as the Cape John Dory) (''Zeus capensis'') is a species of fish of the family Zeidae. It occurs on the coast of Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique in South Atlantic and Western Indian Oceans. It is a demersal fish that lives at the depth 35–400 m. It can reach up to 90.0 cm in total length. They are silvery gray in color with indistinct disky spots. It feeds on a variety of fish, cephalopods and crustaceans. It is often caught as by-catch in hake Hake is the common name for fish in the Merlucciidae family of the northern and southern oceans and the Phycidae family of the northern oceans. Hake is a commercially important fish in the same taxonomic order, Gadiformes, as cod and haddo ... fisheries or in trawls. Because it is a excellent foodfish, it is often sold either fresh or frozen in markets. References External links Zeus (fish) Marine fish of Southern Africa Fish of Mozambique Marine fish of Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwarf Dory
''Macrurocyttus '' is a monotypic genus of tinselfish, family Grammicolepididae. The only species is ''Macrurocyttus acanthopodus'', the dwarf dory. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean where it has been found in the deep waters around the Philippines and Australia on the continental slope at depths at around . It is dark brown species with a relatively shallow body and large eyes. Pelvic fins have a single, large serrated spine. It is scaleless. It can grow to standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is .... References Grammicolepididae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish of the Pacific Ocean Marine fish of Eastern Australia Fish described in 1934 Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Zeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenionidae
Zeniontidae is a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just seven species in three genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s .... The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae. References Euteleostei families {{Zeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyttidae
''Cyttus'' is the sole genus in the family Cyttidae a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean. An extinct relative, '' Cyttoides'', is known from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Cyttus australis'' ( J. Richardson, 1843) (silver dory) * '' Cyttus novaezealandiae'' (Arthur Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ..., 1885) (New Zealand dory) * '' Cyttus traversi'' F. W. Hutton, 1872 (king dory) References * Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Zeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fishes Known As Dory
The common name ''dory'' (from the Middle English ''dorre'', from the Middle French ''doree'', ) is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish. As well as resembling each other, dories are also similar in habit: most are deep-sea and demersal. Additionally, many species support commercial fisheries as food fish. Most dory families belong to the order Zeiformes, suborder Zeioidei: *The "true dories", family Zeidae (five species, including the well-known John Dory) *The zeniontids, family Zenionidae or Zeniontidae (seven species) *The "Australian dories", family Cyttidae (three species all within the genus '' Cyttus'') *The oreos, family Oreosomatidae (ten species) *The parazen family, Parazenidae (four species, including the rosy dory) Additionally, several species of spinyfin (family Diretmidae, order Beryciformes) have been given the name ''dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray-finned Fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spines called '' lepidotrichia'', as opposed to the bulkier, fleshy lobed fins of the sister clade Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). Resembling folding fans, the actinopterygian fins can easily change shape and wetted area, providing superior thrust-to-weight ratios per movement compared to sarcopterygian and chondrichthyian fins. The fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the articulation between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). The vast majority of actinopterygians are teleosts. By species count, they dominate the subphylum Vertebrata, and constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 extant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreosomatidae
Oreosomatidae, the oreos, are a family of marine fish. Most species are found in the Southern Hemisphere, inhabiting continental slopes down to about deep. Most of them are 43 cm at most, with the largest species reaching a length of 60 cm. Though they are small, they often have incredibly elongated lifespans, probable result of living in the deep sea (a trait shared with other unrelated fishes like the orange roughy). The warty oreo is able to live for up to 210 years, which puts it at one of the longest living vertebrates on Earth. They borrow their name from the Greek ''oreos (''mountain) and ''somas'' (backs) for the shape of their backs. They are very flattened vertically-laterally, with 5 to 8 rays on their dorsal fin, and 2 to 4 on the anal fin, and only 1 spine in the pelvic fins. The upper part of the mouth is protractile, allowing them to snatch up little fishes, copepods, amphypods, shrimp, krill, and small cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeidae
The Zeidae (named after the fish ''zaeus'' from Pliny the Elder) are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish—the "true dories". Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, the family contains just six species in two genera. All species are important and highly regarded food fish supporting commercial fisheries, and some—such as the John Dory (''Zeus faber'')—are enjoyed in large public aquaria. These fish are caught primarily by deep-sea trawling. Several other families have members sharing the common name 'dory', some of which—i.e., those of genera ''Capromimus'', ''Cyttomimus'', and ''Cyttus''—were once placed within the Zeidae. The first two genera are now found within the Zenionidae (or Zeniontidae), and the last genus has been given its own family, Cyttidae. Description All dories share the same roughly discoid, laterally compressed body plan. The head is large and sloping to concave in profile; the oblique mouth is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
