Species: Zenion hololepis, Dwarf Dory
mouth large, oblique, v protrusible
Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Dwarf Dory
Body an elongate oval, strongly compressed; eye large (48-53% head length); head bones thin and soft; mouth large, oblique, lower jaw projecting, top jaw highly protrusible; teeth on jaws few, minute, conical, none on roof of mouth; lower gill rakers 14-16, dorsal fin VI-VII (2nd longest), 25-28; anal fin I (weak), 23-28; tail fin 11 branched rays; rays of other fins unbranched; pectoral 15-17, much shorter than head; pelvics I (long, slender, serrated), 6, fins widely separated and much longer than pectorals; scales minute, along bases of dorsal and anal fins.
Pink above, silvery below; dorsal fin with black patch at tip of front spines; tail fin pink.
Reaches 12 cm.
On deep mud or sand-mud bottoms.
Depth range: 180-825 m.
Worldwide, in warm temperate to tropical areas; the NE US to southern Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 12
- Depth Range Min
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- 180
- Depth Range Max
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- 825
