Little Dory, Cyttopsis cypho (Fowler 1934)
A Little Dory, Cyttopsis cypho - 7.8 cm SL. Source: Thomas Gloerfelt-Tarp / Fishbase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A small deep-bodied and highly compressed dory with a large terminal mouth, highly protrusible jaws and scutes along the ventral midline forming a median keel. The Little Dory is silvery-pink colour with an indistinct dark oval blotch below the middle of the soft dorsal fin.
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Dianne J. Bray, Cyttopsis cypho in Fishes of Australia, accessed 12 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1863
Little Dory, Cyttopsis cypho (Fowler 1934)
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from SW of Shark Bay to S of Scott Reef, Western Australia, and NNE of Raine Island to S of Saumarez Reef, Queensland. Found elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
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Conservation |
EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed IUCN Red List : Not Evaluated |
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Similar Species |
Cyttopsis cypho differs from the other species in the genus, C. rosea in usually having an indistinct dark oval blotch below the middle of the soft dorsal fin, and scutes along the ventral midline forming a median keel. C. rosea also reaches a much larger size than C. cypho. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Little Dory, Cyttopsis cypho (Fowler 1934)
References
Allen, G.R., 1997. The marine fishes of tropical Australia and south-east Asia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. 292 p.
Fowler, H.W. 1934. Descriptions of new fishes obtained in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 85: 233-367 figs 1-115
