Cape dory
| Cape dory | |
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| Cape dory (Zeus capensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Zeidae |
| Genus: | Zeus |
| Species: | Z. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zeus capensis Valenciennes, 1835
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The Cape dory (Zeus capensis) is a fish of the genus Zeus. It is widespread in the Western Indian Ocean near the coasts of Mozambique, also around the Cape of Good Hope to St. Helena Bay, South Africa. It is a marine, demersal fish, that lives at the depth 35 – 200 m. It can reach up to 90.0 cm in maximal length.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Zeus capensis" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Zeus (fish)
- Fish of Mozambique
- Marine fish of South Africa
- Fish described in 1835
- Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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