Zenion

Extinct genus of fishes

Zenion
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Zenion leptolepis
Zenion hololepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Zeniontidae
Genus: Zenion
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

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

Species

There are currently four recognized recent species in this genus:[2]

  • 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

  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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zenion in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Zenion


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