Zenopsis

Zenopsis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
Mirror Dory (Z. nebulosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Zeidae
Genus: Zenopsis

Zenopsis is a genus of dories, a group of marine fish. There are four extant species, but the genus is also known from fossils dating back to the Oligocene epoch. They largely resemble the better-known John dory, and are typically found in relatively deep water, below normal scuba diving depth.

Species

There are currently four recognized recent species in this genus:[2]

  • Zenopsis conchifer (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (sometimes misspelled[3] Z. conchifera) (Silvery John dory)
  • Zenopsis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (mirror dory)
  • Zenopsis oblongus Parin, 1989
  • Zenopsis stabilispinosa Nakabo, D. J. Bray & Yamada, 2006

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Zenopsis in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  3. ↑ Bailly, N. (2013). Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Accessed 6 June 2013.


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