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Dwarf dory (Zenion hololepis)
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Dwarf dory (Zenion hololepis) specimen
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Zeniontidae

Dwarf dory

Zenion hololepis

Zeniontid Fish Reaching Fifteen Point Six Centimeters

  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Medium

Dwarf dory is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Order
Dories
Genus
Zenion
Maximum length
15.6 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania and off Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. Western Central Pacific (Ref. 40499 ). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546 ). Western Atlantic: Antilles and Venezuela (Ref. 26340 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Eastern Atlantic. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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