Biology:Zeiformes
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| Zeus faber | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Paracanthopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Type species | |
| Zeus faber | |
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The Zeiformes /ˈziːɪfɔːrmiːz/ are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes[2] most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in six extant families, mostly deep-sea types.
Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no orbitosphenoid. Pelvic fins have 5–10 soft rays and possibly a spine, 5–10 dorsal fin spines and up to 4 anal fin spines. They range in size from the dwarf dory (Macrurocyttus acanthopodus), at 43 millimetres (1.7 in) in length, to the Cape dory (Zeus capensis), which measures up to 90 centimetres (35 in).[1]
The boarfishes (Caproidae) have been included in this order though they are currently included in the Perciformes.
Families
- Family Cyttidae (lookdown dories)
- Family Grammicolepididae (tinselfishes)
- Family Oreosomatidae (oreos)
- Family Parazenidae (parazens)
- Family Zeidae (dories)
- Family Zenionidae (zeniontids) (formerly known as Macrurocyttidae)
- Family †Sorbinipercidae (extinct)
- Family †Bajaichthyidae (extinct, Bajaichthys elegans)
Timeline of genera
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karrer, C.; John, H-C. (1998). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 165–167. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Bajaichthys elegans from the Eocene of Bolca (Italy) and the overlooked morphological diversity of Zeiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)
- J.S. Nelson, Fishes of the World
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
Wikidata ☰ Q768334 entry
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