Cyttus Explained

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 extinct relative, Cyttoides, is known from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland.^[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

• Cyttus australis (J. Richardson, 1843) (silver dory)
• Cyttus novaezealandiae (Arthur, 1885) (New Zealand dory)
• Cyttus traversi F. W. Hutton, 1872 (king dory)

Notes and References

1. Book: Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of . Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini . Woodward . Arthur Smith . 1901 . order of the Trustees . en.