Cyttus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Zeiariae
Ordo: Zeiformes
Subordo: Zeioidei
Familia: Cyttidae
Genus: Cyttus
Species: C. ventralis
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Name

Cyttus

Synonyms

Cyttoidops

Cyttus is the sole genus in the family Cyttidae a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

Cyttus australis (J. Richardson, 1843) (silver dory)
Cyttus novaezealandiae (Arthur, 1885) (New Zealand dory)
Cyttus traversi F. W. Hutton, 1872 (king dory)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyttus in FishBase. October 2012 version.