Smooth oreo
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| Smooth oreo | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Oreosomatidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocyttus |
| Species: | P. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist, 1906 |
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The smooth oreo or smooth dory, Pseudocyttus maculatus, is an oreo, the only species in the genus Pseudocyttus. It is found in all southern oceans at depths of between 400 and 1,500 metres. Its length is up to 60 cm.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pseudocyttus maculatus" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
