Cyttopsis rosea

The rosy dory (Cyttopsis rosea) is a parazen fish which is found on the continental slopes in most parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It growth up to 22 cm and feeds on other fishes and on swimming crustaceans. It is often caught as bycatch in deep trawl fisheries, but is not utilized.[1]

Cyttopsis rosea
(C. rosea), conventional and X-ray images

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Zeiformes
Family:
Parazenidae
Genus:
Cyttopsis
Species:
C. rosea
Binomial name
Cyttopsis rosea
(R. T. Lowe, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Cyttopsis itea
  • Paracyttopsis scutatus
  • Zeus roseus

References
  1. Munroe, T., Robertson, R., Knudsen, S. & Moore, J. (2015). Cyttopsis rosea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16439757A16510032.en


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