Cyttopsis rosea, the rosy dory, is a zeiform fish which is found on the continental slopes in most parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It growth up to 22 cm and feeds on other fishes and on swimming crustaceans. It is often caught as bycatch in deep trawl fisheries, but is not utilized.[1]
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Cyttopsis rosea, conventional and X-ray images | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Parazenidae |
Genus: | Cyttopsis |
Species: | C. rosea
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Binomial name | |
Cyttopsis rosea (R. T. Lowe, 1843)
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References
edit- ^ a b Munroe, T., Robertson, R., Knudsen, S. & Moore, J. (2015). Cyttopsis rosea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16439757A16510032.en
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