Zeniontidae
Appearance
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Zeniontidae | |
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Zenion hololepis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Zeniontidae G. S. Myers, 1960 |
Genera[1] | |
Zeniontidae is a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just seven species in three genera.
The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae.
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zeniontidae". FishBase. July 2021 version.