Mirror Dory
Zenopsis nebulosa
The mirror dory (Zenopsis nebulosa) is a dory of the family Zeidae, found in the southern Pacific Ocean at depths of between 30 and 800 m. More specifically, the Zenopsis nebulosa is found in locations such as New Zealand, southern Hokkaido, Japan, the Emperor Seamount, the eastern coast of Australia, and the southern coast of Australia. Its length is up to 70 cm.
The mirror dory has a high first dorsal fin containing 9 spiny rays, and about 27 soft rays in the second. The forward set of pelvic fin rays are very elongated. There are large flat spines on each side of the body at the base of the dorsal and anal fins.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 416158.