Family PARAZENIDAE
Little Dories, Parazen, Slender Dories, Smooth Dories
Compiler and date details
John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Dianne J. Bray
Introduction
The Parazenidae comprise three genera and four species worldwide, with two genera and three species occurring in Australian waters.
Slender and smooth dories are found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans on the continental shelf and slope. Maximum length attained is 14 cm.
Tyler et al. (2003) combined the Cyttopsidae and the Parazenidae. The family Parazenidae is now distinguished from other zeiform fishes by having pelvic fins with seven or nine rays and no spines. Mead (1957) reviewed the monotypic Parazen and Heemstra (1999, 2003) treated the known species.
General References
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 2069-2790 pp.
Heemstra, P.C. 2003. Families Parazenidae, Zeniontidae, Zeidae, Oreosomatidae, Grammicolepidae. pp. 1203-1216 in Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Rome : FAO & American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists Vol. 2 602-1373 pp.
Mead, G.W. 1957. An Atlantic record of the zeoid fish Parazen pacificus. Copeia 1957(3): 235-237 fig. 1
Tyler, J.C., O'Toole, B. & Winterbottom, R.W. 2003. Phylogeny of the genera and families of zeiform fishes, with comments on their relationships with tetraodontiforms and caproids. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 618: 1-110
Common Name References
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 2069-2790 pp. [2257] (FAO) (Parazen)
Tyler, J.C., O'Toole, B. & Winterbottom, R.W. 2003. Phylogeny of the genera and families of zeiform fishes, with comments on their relationships with tetraodontiforms and caproids. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 618: 1-110 [35] (Slender Dories, Smooth Dories)