Zenion
Extinct genus of fishes
Zenion Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1] | |
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Zenion leptolepis | |
Zenion hololepis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Zeniontidae |
Genus: | Zenion D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
Zenion is a genus of zeniontid fish that is known from the fossil record, but is still extant.
Species
There are currently four recognized recent species in this genus:[2]
- Zenion hololepis (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
- Zenion japonicum Kamohara, 1934 (Japanese dory)
- Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (elongate dory)
- Zenion longipinnis Kotthaus, 1970
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