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Cape dory (Zeus capensis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Zeidae |
Genus: | Zeus |
Species: | Z. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Zeus capensis
Valenciennes, 1835
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The Cape dory, Cape Dory, or Cape John Dory (Zeus capensis) is a fish of the family Zeidae. [1] [2] It occurs on the coast of Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique in South Atlantic and Western Indian Oceans. It is a demersal fish that lives at the depth 35–400 m. [1] It can reach up to 90.0 cm in total length. [2]
Cape dory is a good food fish often caught as by-catch in hake fisheries. [1]
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Cape dory | |
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Cape dory (Zeus capensis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Zeidae |
Genus: | Zeus |
Species: | Z. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Zeus capensis
Valenciennes, 1835
|
The Cape dory, Cape Dory, or Cape John Dory (Zeus capensis) is a fish of the family Zeidae. [1] [2] It occurs on the coast of Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique in South Atlantic and Western Indian Oceans. It is a demersal fish that lives at the depth 35–400 m. [1] It can reach up to 90.0 cm in total length. [2]
Cape dory is a good food fish often caught as by-catch in hake fisheries. [1]
Media related to
Zeus capensis at Wikimedia Commons