Biology:Elongate dory
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Short description: Species of fish
| Elongate dory | |
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| Drawing of an elongate dory by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Zeniontidae |
| Genus: | Zenion |
| Species: | Z. leptolepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
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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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Zenion leptolepis" in 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2526871 entry
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