Zeus (fish)

Zeus Temporal range: Early Oligocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
John Dory (Z. faber)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Zeiformes
Family:	Zeidae
Genus:	Zeus Linnaeus, 1758

Zeus is a genus of fish in the family Zeidae.

The name Zeus comes from the Latin zaeus , from the Greek ζαίος (zaiós) "John dory", which according to Sven O. Kullander would have no relation with the name of the king of gods in Greek mythology. ^[1] However, other authors dispute this, giving the fish the earlier name of Piscis jovii ("fish of Jove"), who was equated with Zeus. ^[2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: ^[3]

• Zeus capensis Valenciennes, 1835 (Cape dory)
• Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758 (John dory)

The following fossil species are also known: ^{[4] [5]}

• † Zeus jerzmanskae Baciu, Bannikov & Tyler, 2005 (Oligocene of Poland)
• † Zeus primaevus Scarabelli, 1859 (Late Miocene of Italy & Algeria)
• † Zeus robustus Gorjanović-Kramberger, 1891 (Oligocene of Slovenia)

References

1. Nelson, J.S. (1994). "Family Zeidae - Dories". FishBase. Retrieved 20 October 2024..
2. Publications. (1947:73). United Kingdom: St. Andrews University.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zeus". FishBase . October 2012 version.
4. Baciu, Dorin-Sorin; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Tyler, James C. (2005). "Revision of the fossil fishes of the family Zeidae (Zeiformes)". Bolletino de Museo Storia Naturale di Verona. 29: 95–128.
5. Santini, Francesco; Tyler, James C.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Baciu, Dorin-Sorin (2006). "A phylogeny of extant and fossil buckler dory fishes, family Zeidae (Zeiformes, Acanthomorpha) | SFI - Cybium". Cybium: International Journal of Ichthyology (in French). 30 (2): 99–107. doi:10.26028/cybium/2006-302-001.

External links

• Media related to Zeus (fish) at Wikimedia Commons