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Dwarf Dory

Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896)

Diagnostic Description

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Body reddish in color (Ref. 4256).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 23 - 28
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Biology

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Found over mud or sand-mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Reported to up to 700m depth (Ref. 89996).
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分布

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分布於西印度洋:坦尚尼亞與莫三比克的 Delagoa 灣外海;中西太平洋;東南太平洋:納斯卡與 Sala-y-Gomez;西大西洋:安地列斯群島與委內瑞拉;東大西洋。臺灣發現於東沙島。
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利用

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小型魚類,偶為底拖網捕獲,除學術研究外,一般皆以下雜魚處理,不具食用價值。
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描述

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體長橢圓形,側扁。頭中大;眶間隔寬,有兩條三角形之淺溝。眼大。口上位,幾近垂直;前頜骨能明顯突出;上下頜齒細小。前鰓蓋下角擴展成一寬扁之三角形棘,其下緣具2列帶有小棘之隆起線。體密被小圓鱗,易脫落;側線完整,側線鱗數約68。背鰭硬棘部及軟條部明顯缺刻,硬棘VI-VII,軟條25-28;臀鰭與第二背鰭相對,硬棘I,軟條23-28;奇鰭基底兩側具一棘板,腹緣則無棘板;胸鰭下側位,軟條16;腹鰭硬棘I,軟條6;尾鰭截形或楔形。體呈紅色。
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棲地

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深海底層魚類,棲息深度在200-500公尺間的大陸棚斜坡和陡坡,生態習性不詳。
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Distribution

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Western Atlantic: 41.8°N to Antilles and Venezuela

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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Found over mud or sand-mud bottom.

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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benthic

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

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Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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