Mirror dory (Zenopsis nebulosa)

Scientific name: Zenopsis nebulosa Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

Mirror dory (Zenopsis nebulosa)

The Mirror dory (Zenopsis nebulosa) is a marine fish of the family Zeidae.

Biology

Occur in deeper trawling grounds of the continental shelf and slope, close to the sea bed. Caught by Japanese trawlers during winter. Excellent food fish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Zenopsis nebulosa
Family
Zeidae (Dories)
Order
Zeiformes (Dories)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.0
Depth range
30–800 m (98–2625 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 30 - 800 m, usually 50 - 600 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Japan, northwest shelf of Australia to Broken Bay in New South Wales, New Zealand, and elsewhere in the region. Eastern Pacific: off central and southern California, USA; and on the seamounts of the Nazca Ridge in the Peru area.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.20; tm=3; tmax=45; Fec=52,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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