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Zeiformes
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The Zeiformes are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes 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. The boarfishes (Caproidae) have been previously included in this order though they are currently included in the Perciformes.
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Zeiformes is an order of fish within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia and is classified under the parent taxa Acanthopterygii, Actinopterygii, and Actinopteri. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and holds an accepted status. Common names for this group include sanktpetersfisker and Petersfische.
The habitat of Zeiformes includes marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records of this order have been documented in Papua New Guinea, China, and Indonesia. Specific institutional records are held by NMV, CAS, and LACM. The taxon has 78,579 occurrences recorded in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility database.
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Species
Petersfische
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderZeiformes
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Collections
- NMV, CAS, LACM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, China, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Zeiformes are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes 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. The boarfishes (Caproidae) have been previously included in this order though they are currently included in the Perciformes.
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 in length, to the Cape dory (Zeus capensis), which measures up to .
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