King dory

King dory
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Cyttidae
Genus: Cyttus
Species: C. traversi
Binomial name
Cyttus traversi
F. W. Hutton, 1872
Distribution of the King Dory

The king dory or lookdown dory (Cyttus traversi) is a dory, in the genus Cyttus, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand, over the continental shelf at depths of between 200 and 800 m. Its length is between 20 and 40 cm.

Juvenile king dory, Cyttus traversi

References

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