Zenopsis
Sign in to saveZenopsis is a genus of dories, a group of marine fish. There are five 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.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Buckler Dory
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderZeiformes
- FamilyZeidae
Observations26
Groupactinopterygii
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Zenopsis is a genus of dories, a group of marine fish. There are five 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 five recognized recent species in this genus: Zenopsis conchifer (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (sometimes misspelled Z. conchifera) (Silvery John dory) Zenopsis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (mirror dory) Zenopsis oblongus Parin, 1989 Zenopsis stabilispinosa Nakabo, D. J. Bray & Yamada, 2006 Zenopsis filamentosa, Y Kai, F Tashiro, 2019 The following fossil species are also known: †Zenopsis clarus Daniltshenko, 1960 - Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia †Zenopsis hoernesi (Gorjanović-Kramberger, 1891) - Oligocene of Slovenia †Zenopsis tyleri Baciu & Bannikov, 2001 - Oligocene of Romania