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Classification
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| Latin name : |
Zeus faber ( Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Zeidae ( John dory ) |
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Saint Pierre
Zée
Doré
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John Dory
St Peter' fish
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Identification
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| Main identification characters |
| Body tall and laterally compressed like an oval plate. Between 30-70 cm in length. Eight to ten strong dorsal finrays. Golden brown with dappled markings with a striking brown spot in middle of body. Large, very protractile mouth containing small conical teeth in jaws. Golden green-grey or silvery bronze. |
| Possible confusions |
| American John Dory (Zenopsis conchifer), now renamed to Buckler Dory, it also goes by the name of Silvery John Dory. |
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Biology
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Distribution
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| Habitat |
Pelagic |
Sand |
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| John Dory are found in depths from 5 metres to 400 metres, but are uncommon in waters deeper than 200m. They live close to the seabed. |
| Geographical distribution |
| John Dory are found in Western Indian Ocean, the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and off Australia, New Zealand and Japan. |
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Links
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| Websites : |
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gonzales.manuel/textes/zeus.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Johndoryprint [...]
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Zeus
http://www.marlin.ac.uk/index2.htm?demo/Zeufab.htm
http://www.mer-littoral.org/34/zeus-faber.php
http://www.sea-ex.com/fishphotos/dory,.htm
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Bibliography
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Découvrir l'Atlantique, la Manche et la mer du Nord
Steven Weinberg
Editions Nathan 1994
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Découvrir la Méditerrannée
Steven Weinberg
Editions Nathan 1992
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Guide de la faune et de la flore littorales des mers d'Europe
A.C. Campbell, James Nicholls
Delachaux & Niestlé 1979, 1986
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Guide de la faune sous-marine des côtes méditerranéennes
W. Luther & K. Fielder
Delachaux et Niestlé, 1987
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Guide sous-marin de la Méditerranée
Aline Fiala-Médiono, Christian Pétron, Claude Rives
Flammarion, 1987
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La vie sous-marine en Méditerranée
Mathias Bergbauer & Bernd Humberg
Edition Vigot, 2000
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Les poissons d'Europe - Guide Vert
Hervé Chaumeton, Patrick Louisy, Thierry Maitre-Allain, Didier Magnan
Edition Solar, 1989
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Data sheet written by Christophe Naslain , 3/09/2002
Updates :
Christophe Naslain - 03/09/2002
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