Family : Parazenidae (Parazen) , subfamily: Cyttopsinae
Order : Zeiformes  (dories)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Rosy dory
Fish Name : Cyttopsis rosea
Max size : 31.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6953)
Environment : bathypelagic ; depth range 150 - 730 m
Climate : deep-water
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Distribution: Distribution : Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to southeastern USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to western Caribbean (Ref. 7251); northern coast of South America (Ref. 5217). Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay round the South African coast to Natal. Indian Ocean: Somalia (Ref. 30573) and off the south-west coast of India. Western Pacific: off Japan, eastern Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 7-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28-30; Anal spines: 1-2; Anal soft rays: 29-30. Rosy pink and silvery in color; pelvic fins reddish with black membranes (Ref. 4253). Mouth large, oblique, highly protrusible; anteriorly directing spine in a series on supraorbital; pelvic fin spine soft, flexible; pelvic fin soft rays long, the longest reaching 5th anal ray when depressed; 1st anal spine large and immovable, 2nd one small and moveable (Ref. 13608).
Biology : Occurs on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Bathypelagic (Ref. 5951). Forms schools. Feeds on other fishes and swimming decapod crustaceans (Ref. 4968)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Heemstra, P.C.. 1995. (Ref. 11228)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses