Zenionidae

Taxobox
name = Zenionidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Zenion hololepis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Zeiformes
familia = Zeionidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Capromimus"
"Cyttomimus" "Zenion" See text for speciesThe Zenionidae are 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.

Species

* Genus "Capromimus"
** Capro dory, "Capromimus abbreviatus" (Hector, 1875).
* Genus "Cyttomimus"
** "Cyttomimus affinis" Weber, 1913.
** "Cyttomimus stelgis" Gilbert, 1905.
* Genus "Zenion"
** "Zenion hololepis" (Goode & Bean, 1896).
** "Zenion japonicum" Kamohara, 1934.
** Elongate dory, "Zenion leptolepis" (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924).
** "Zenion longipinnis" Kotthaus, 1970.

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