Zenopsis Explained

Zenopsis is a genus of dories, a group of marine fish. There are five extant species, but the genus is also known from fossils dating back to the Oligocene epoch. They largely resemble the better-known John Dory, and are typically found in relatively deep water, below normal scuba diving depth.

Species

There are currently five recognized recent species in this genus:

• Zenopsis conchifer (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (sometimes misspelled^[1] Z. conchifera) (Silvery John dory)
• Zenopsis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (mirror dory)
• Zenopsis oblongus Parin, 1989
• Zenopsis stabilispinosa Nakabo, D. J. Bray & Yamada, 2006
• Zenopsis filamentosa, Y Kai, F Tashiro, 2019^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bailly, N. (2013). Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Accessed 6 June 2013.
2. Kai . Yoshiaki . Tashiro . Fumihito . 2019-07-01 . Zenopsis filamentosa (Zeidae), a new mirror dory from the western Pacific Ocean, with redescription of Zenopsis nebulosa . Ichthyological Research . en . 66 . 3 . 340–352 . 10.1007/s10228-018-00679-1 . 1616-3915 . 2024-08-18 . 2023-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205035131/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-018-00679-1 . live .