Elongate dory
| Elongate dory | |
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| Drawing of an elongate dory by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- 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