Zenopsis conchifer Silvery John Dory, American john dory

Zenopsis conchifer is commonly referred to as Silvery John Dory, American john dory. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16685 

AphiaID:

127426 

Scientific:

Zenopsis conchifer 

German:

Silberner Petersfisch 

English:

Silvery John Dory, American John Dory 

Category:

Other Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Zeiformes (Order) > Zeidae (Family) > Zenopsis (Genus) > conchifer (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lowe, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

Gambia, West Sahara, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Benin, Straße von Gibraltar, Suriname, Ghana, Djibouti, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Bali, Bay of Biscay, Bonaire, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Costa Rica, Curacao, East cost of USA, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Flores, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Java, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Madeira, Mauritania, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, North-West-Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Portugal, Réunion , São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tansania, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Isle of Man, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, the Seychelles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

50 - 600 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Unconsolidated muddy grounds, Water column 

Size:

up to 35.43" (90 cm) 

Weight:

3.2 kg 

Temperature:

42.98 °F - 68.18 °F (6.1°C - 20.1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Predatory, Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Zenopsis conchifer
  Silberner Petersfisch
• Zenopsis nebulosa
• Zenopsis oblonga
• Zenopsis stabilispinosa

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-08-15 22:14:48 

Last edit:

2024-08-16 17:45:20 

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