Dories
Zeiformes
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-sea types.
6 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 35 known species
True dories
familyZeidae
Oreos
familyOreosomatidae
Tinselfishes
familyGrammicolepididae
Smooth Dories
familyParazenidae
Lookdown Dories
familyCyttidae
Armoreye Dories
familyZeniontidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64602.