ANIMAL SPECIES:Little Dory, Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1863
The Little Dory is very deep-bodied and compressed. It is covered with weakly attached ctenoid scales. The anus is immediately in front of the anal fin. A series of scutes run along the lower midline from the anus to below the head. The Little Dory is silver with dark brown dorsal, anal and caudal fin bases.
Identification
The Little Dory is very deep-bodied and compressed. It is covered with weakly attached ctenoid scales.
The anus is immediately in front of the anal fin. A series of scutes run along the lower midline from the anus to below the head.
The Little Dory is silver with dark brown dorsal, anal and caudal fin bases.
Size range
It grows to at least 13 cm in length.Distribution
The species occurs in tropical and temperate marine waters worldwide.
In Australia the Little Dory has been trawled off the coasts of Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
Habitat
The species occurs at depths between 300 m and 1000 m.
Classification
- Species:
- argenteus
- Genus:
- Diretmus
- Family:
- Diretmidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
References
- Gomon, M.F. in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
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