Elongate dory
| Elongate dory | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Zenionidae |
| Genus: | Zenion |
| Species: | Z. leptolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) | |
The elongate dory (Zenion leptolepis) is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya and New Zealand at depths of between 330 to 700 metres (1,080 to 2,300 ft). It grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Zenion leptolepis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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