Lookdown Dories
Cyttus
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.
An apparent extinct relative, Cyttoides, was originally recognized from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland. However, more recent studies have found it to actually represent an indeterminate species of Zenopsis. The king dory was occasionally placed in the distinct genus Cyttoides, which is now known to have been preoccupied by the fossil fish.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Silver Dory
speciesCyttus australis
King Dory
speciesCyttus traversi
New Zealand Dory
speciesCyttus novaezealandiae
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 64604.