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Zeniontidae (Armoreye dories)
Etymology: Zenion: Particle zen, derived from zao = to give life.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 450 m (Ref. 6543). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola, Ascension and St. Helena Islands. Western Atlantic: off northeast Florida, the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean to southern Brazil. Western Indian Ocean: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique Channel, off Kenya?, India. Possibly throughout the southern hemisphere.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6543)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Karrer, C., 1990. Zeniidae. p. 629-630. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6543)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10.8 - 19.3, mean 13.5 °C (based on 189 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5703 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00464 - 0.03116), b=2.99 (2.77 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
