Zenionidae
Encyclopedia
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.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
. Found in the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
, Indian
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
, and Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, the family contains just seven species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
in three genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
.
The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae.
Species
- Genus Capromimus
- Capro doryCapro doryThe capro dory, Capromimus abbreviatus, is a dory, the only species in the genus Capromimus, found around New Zealand only, at depths of between 200 to 500 m. Its length is between 5 and 10 cm.-References:...
, Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector, 1875).
- Capro dory
- Genus Cyttomimus
- Cyttomimus affinis Weber, 1913.
- Cyttomimus stelgis Gilbert, 1905.
- Genus ZenionZenionZenion is a genus of fish which is known from the fossil record, but is still extant....
- Zenion hololepis (GoodeGeorge Brown GoodeGeorge Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
& BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
, 1896). - Zenion japonicum Kamohara, 1934.
- Elongate doryElongate doryThe elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand at depths of between 350 and 700 m...
, Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924). - Zenion longipinnis Kotthaus, 1970.
- Zenion hololepis (Goode