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Elongate dory

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Elongate dory
Drawing of an elongate dory by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Zeniontidae
Genus: Zenion
Species:
Z. leptolepis
Binomial name
Zenion leptolepis

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 total length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in).

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Zenion leptolepis". 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