Rosy Dory, Cyttopsis rosea (Lowe 1843)


Other Names: Pink Dory, Red Dory

A Rosy Dory, Cyttopsis rosea, on deep coral reefs at Viosca Knoll 862 in the Gulf of Mexico, 9 Oct 2008, ROV photo from Lophelia II project. Source: Steve W. Ross / USGS DISCOVRE Expedition Gulf of Mexico. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
Video clip of a Rosy Dory in about 500 metres off the Canary Islands.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Cyttopsis rosea in Fishes of Australia, accessed 28 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1864

Rosy Dory, Cyttopsis rosea (Lowe 1843)

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Distribution

Southwest of Geraldton to south of Scott Reef, Western Australia, and the Coral Sea off Cape York, Queensland, to off Babel Island, Tasmania. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Atlantic and Indo-west Pacific.
The species is meso-benthopelagic over the continental slope, including on seamounts, ridges and rises.

Features

Dorsal fin VI-VII, 24-30; Anal fin I-II, 24-30,first spine often minute and fused to pterygiophore; Pectoral fin 13-14; Pelvic fin 9-10.
Body oval, depth greater than head length; head and body greatly compressed; mouth large, oblique, upper jaw extremely protrusible, maxilla expanded posteriorly; minute conical teeth in jaws.
Dorsal fin deeply notched, origin before pectoral origin; pectoral fins much smaller than pelvic fins; caudal fin rounded.
Scales minute, deciduous; bony ridge present along bases of soft dorsal and anal fins; ventral midline between pelvic and anal fins broad, flattened, with large spiny bucklers.

Feeding

Feeds mostly on other fishes and decapod crustaceans.

Fisheries

Taken occasionally as incidental bycatch in commercial trawls.

Etymology

The specific name is from the Latin roseus (= rosy, pink) in reference to the colour of this species.

Species Citation

Zeus roseus Lowe 1843, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 85. Type locality: off Madeira, northeastern Atlantic.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2020

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Rosy Dory, Cyttopsis rosea (Lowe 1843)

References


Bray, D.J. 2015. 144 Family Parazenidae. pp. 1033-1034 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. 2015. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.

Heemstra, P.C. 1999. Families Parazenidae, Macrocyttidae, Zeidae, Grammicolepididae, Caproidae. pp. 2257-2261 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. 

Karrer, C. & Post, A., 1990. Zeidae. pp. 631-633 in Quero, J.C., Hureau, J.C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.

Lowe, R.T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 81-95 See ref at BHL

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. 

Munroe, T., Robertson, R., Knudsen, S. & Moore, J. 2015. Cyttopsis rosea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T16439757A16510032. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16439757A16510032.en. Downloaded on 06 October 2020.

Paulin, C., Stewart, A., Roberts, C. & McMillan, P. 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 19: 1-279

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37264010

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:100-620 m

Habitat:Benthopelagic, reef associated

Max Size:31 cm TL

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