Scientific Name
Cyttus traversi

Common Name
King dory

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35-37; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 36 - 38. Adults silvery grey in color; juveniles (to 10 cm) silvery with brown blotches (Ref. 4253).

Classification

Classified By

Hutton, 1872

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Dories (Zeiformes)

Family

Lookdown dories (Cyttidae)

Distribution

Region

Southeast Atlantic

Distribution

Southeast Atlantic: Walvis Ridge and from off Cape Town to Algoa Bay in South Africa. Indo-West Pacific: south coast of Australia and New Zealand.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

200 m

Depth To - meters

978 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 978 m (Ref. 50308)

Trophic Level

4.25 s.e. 0.76 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

54.0 cm

Common Length

33.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial

Vulnerability

Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated