King Dory, Cyttus traversi Hutton 1872

Other Names: Bight Dory, Horsehead, Lookdown Dory, Mcculloch's Dory, Shadow Dory

A King Dory, Cyttus traversi. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-Noncommercial

Summary:

A large deep-bodied silvery-grey dory

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Cyttus traversi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1490

King Dory, Cyttus traversi Hutton 1872

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Distribution	Southern Australia from off Tweed Heads, New South Wales, to west of Bunbury, Western Australia, including around Tasmania; also seamounts, ridges and rises in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere, although not known from South America. The King Dory is benthopelagic on the upper and mid continental slope.
Feeding	Feeds on a range of fishes and crustaceans.
Species Citation	Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872, Fishes of New Zealand: 19. Type locality: Saltwater Creek, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

King Dory, Cyttus traversi Hutton 1872

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