Zeniontidae
Zenion hololepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Zeniontidae
G. S. Myers, 1960
Genera[1]

Zeniontidae is a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just seven species in three genera.

The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Zeniontidae" in FishBase. July 2021 version.


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