Cyttus

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Cyttidae
King dory Cyttus traversi Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Zeiformes Family: Cyttidae Genus: Cyttus Günther, 1860
Species
Cyttus australis Cyttus novaezealandiae Cyttus traversi

Cyttidae is a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just three species in the single genus Cyttus.

[edit] Species

• Silver dory, Cyttus australis (Richardson, 1843)
• New Zealand dory, Cyttus novaezealandiae Hutton, 1872)
• King dory or Lookdown dory, Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872

[edit] References

• "Cyttidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.