Zenopsis

Zenopsis; Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present
	Mirror Dory (Z. nebulosa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Zeiformes
Family:	Zeidae
Genus:	Zenopsis; T. N. Gill, 1862

Zenopsis is a genus of dories, a group of marine fish. There are four 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 four recognized recent species in this genus:^[2]

Zenopsis conchifer (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (sometimes misspelled^[3] Z. conchifera) (Silvery John dory)
Zenopsis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (mirror dory)
Zenopsis oblongus Parin, 1989
Zenopsis stabilispinosa Nakabo, D. J. Bray & Yamada, 2006

References

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zenopsis". FishBase. October 2012 version.
^ Bailly, N. (2013). Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Accessed 6 June 2013.

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[1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zenopsis". FishBase. October 2012 version.

[worms-3] Bailly, N. (2013). Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Accessed 6 June 2013.

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