Biology:Cyttus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cyttus
Cyttus traversi (King dory).gif
King dory Cyttus traversi

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Cyttidae
T. N. Gill, 1893
Genus: Cyttus
Günther, 1860

Cyttus is the sole genus in the family Cyttidae a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cyttus australis (J. Richardson, 1843) (silver dory)
  • Cyttus novaezealandiae (Arthur, 1885) (New Zealand dory)
  • Cyttus traversi F. W. Hutton, 1872 (king dory)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyttus in FishBase. October 2012 version.

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