Cyttus
Cyttus | |
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King dory Cyttus traversi Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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.[1]
An extinct relative, Cyttoides, is known from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland.[2]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyttus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.