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| King dory Cyttus traversi Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Cyttidae T. N. Gill, 1893 |
| Genus: | Cyttus Günther, 1860 |
Cyttus is the sole genus in the family Cyttidae a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean.
An extinct relative, Cyttoides, is known from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
- Cyttus australis (J. Richardson, 1843) (silver dory)
- Cyttus novaezealandiae (Arthur, 1885) (New Zealand dory)
- Cyttus traversi F. W. Hutton, 1872 (king dory)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyttus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
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