Zenionidae

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Zenionidae
Zenion hololepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Zeiformes Family: Zeionidae
Genera
Capromimus Cyttomimus Zenion See text for species

The Zenionidae are 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.

The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae.

[edit] Species

• Genus Capromimus
  • Capro dory, Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector, 1875).
• Genus Cyttomimus
  • Cyttomimus affinis Weber, 1913.
  • Cyttomimus stelgis Gilbert, 1905.
• Genus Zenion
  • Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean, 1896).
  • Zenion japonicum Kamohara, 1934.
  • Elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924).
  • Zenion longipinnis Kotthaus, 1970.

[edit] References

• "Zenionidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.