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Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean, 1896) |
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photo by
NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory |
| Family: | Zeniontidae (Armoreye dories) | |||
| Max. size: | 15.6 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 37.0 g | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 180 - 700 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania and off Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. Western Central Pacific (Ref. 40499). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546). Western Atlantic: Antilles and Venezuela (Ref. 26340). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Eastern Atlantic. South China Sea (Ref.74511). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-28; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 23-28. Body reddish in color (Ref. 4256). | |||
| Biology: | Found over mud or sand-mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Reported to up to 700m depth (Ref. 89996). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 20 May 2013 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||