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Zenion

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Zenionidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Zeiformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Scientific name
  
Zenion

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Zenionidae, Zeiformes, Zenopsis, Zeidae, Tinselfish

Introduction to nia by zenion


Zenion is a genus of zeniontid fish which is known from the fossil record, but is still extant.

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Species

There are currently four recognized recent species in this genus:

  • Zenion hololepis (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
  • Zenion japonicum Kamohara, 1934 (Japanese dory)
  • Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (elongate dory)
  • Zenion longipinnis Kotthaus, 1970
  • References

    Zenion Wikipedia