The Zeiformes / ˈ z iː ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes [1] 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 Zeiformes are a small order of ray-finned fish most notable for the dories. The best known is the John Dory. order consists of about 33 species in seven families.

Order Zeiformes (dories, boarfishes, and relatives) Anal fin with 1–4 spines; pelvic fin with 1 spine and 5–9 branched rays; caudal fin with less than 15 principal rays. Length to about 1 metre (3 feet). 6–7 families, of which the dories, Zeidae, are best known.

The order Zeiformes comprises six families: Zeidae, Parazenidae, Zeniontidae, Oreosomatidae, Grammicolepidae, and Caproidae. In their 1966 seminal paper on the phylogenetic relationships of teleost fishes, P. H. Greenwood and collaborators included the boarfishes (family Caproidae) in the Zeiformes, but they presented no evidence to support ...

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.

boarfish, (family Caproidae), any of six species of fishes (order Zeiformes) characterized by red coloration and a laterally compressed body that is as high as it is long. All six species live in deep marine waters, occurring in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.

Zeiformes. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10919 on 2025-03-14

The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in seven families, mostly deep …

Nov 23, 2024 · Therefore, in the present study, we analysed and described the squamation pattern and scale morphology of five species of Zeiformes occurring on the Brazilian coast: Allocyttus verrucosus, Grammicolepis brachiusculus, Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi, Zenion hololepis and Zenopsis conchifer. Our analysis revealed greater morphological diversity than ...

COMMENTS v. 7.0 – 9 March 2023 view/download PDF 6 families • 16 genera • 34 species . Family CYTTIDAE Lookdown Dories. Cyttus Günther 1860 from kittos, Greek name for the ivy plant, inexplicably inserted into a list of fishes by Greco-Egyptian author Athenaeus (late 2nd to early 3rd centuries AD), which Günther, believing it to …