Elongate dory

Elongate dory
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.

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