Cyttus
| Cyttus | |
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| King dory Cyttus traversi Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 apparent extinct relative, Cyttoides, was originally recognized from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland.[2] However, more recent studies have found it to actually represent an indeterminate species of Zenopsis.[3] The king dory was occasionally placed in the distinct genus Cyttoides, which is now known to have been preoccupied by the fossil fish.[4]
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]- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyttus". 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.
- ↑ Baciu, Dorin-Sorin; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Tyler, James C. (2005). "Revision of the fossil fishes of the family Zeidae (Zeiformes)". Bolletino de Museo Storia Naturale di Verona. 29: 95–128.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N. (1990). Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-0-940228-23-8.
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