Zeniontidae
| Zenionidae | |
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| Zenion hololepis | |
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| Family: | Zenionidae G. S. Myers, 1960
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The Zenionidae are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just seven species in three genera.
The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Zenionidae". FishBase. October 2012 version.