Cyttus

Cyttidae
King dory Cyttus traversi Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Zeiformes
Family:	Cyttidae
Genus:	Cyttus Günther, 1860
Species
Cyttus australis Cyttus novaezealandiae Cyttus traversi

Cyttidae is a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just three species in the single genus Cyttus.

Species

• Silver dory, Cyttus australis (Richardson, 1843)
• New Zealand dory, Cyttus novaezealandiae Hutton, 1872)
• King dory or Lookdown dory, Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cyttidae" in FishBase. May 2006 version.