john dory fish ( Zenopsis conchifera )

Pronunciation key ( dôr′i ) ( dō′ri )

do•ry

n. [pl. DORIES (-iz) or (-riz)]

[Fr. dorée, lit. gilt; fem. of doré, pp. of dorer; LL. deaurare, to gild; L. de-, intens. + aurare, to gild < aurum gold].

1. Salt water fish, small in size with golden tint and edible known by the common name, "john dory" and scientific name Zenopsis conchifera.
2. Any relative to this species such as the wall-eyed pike.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animals
Phylum	Chordata – chordates
Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrates
Superclass	Osteichthyes – bony fishes
Class	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes
Subclass	Neopterygii – neopterygians
Infraclass	Teleostei
Superorder	Acanthopterygii
Order	Zeiformes – boarfishes, dories, john dories
Suborder	Zeioidei
Family	Zeidae Latreille, 1825 – dories, John dories, Saint-Pierre, St. Peter fish, buckler dories
Genus	Zenopsis Gill, 1862
Species	Zenopsis conchifera (Lowe, 1852) – buckler dory, American john dory

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Zenopsis conchifera, (Lowe, 1852) Taxonomic Serial No.: 166284