Cyttus

Cyttus is the sole genus in the family Cyttidae a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Cyttus
King dory Cyttus traversi Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Zeiformes
Family:	Cyttidae T. N. Gill, 1893
Genus:	Cyttus Günther, 1860

An apparent extinct relative, Cyttoides, was originally recognized from the Early Oligocene of Canton Glarus, Switzerland.^[2] However, more recent studies have found it to actually represent an indeterminate species of Zenopsis.^[3] The king dory was occasionally placed in the distinct genus Cyttoides, which is now known to have been preoccupied by the fossil fish.^[4]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Cyttus australis (J. Richardson, 1843) (silver dory)
• Cyttus novaezealandiae (Arthur, 1885) (New Zealand dory)
• Cyttus traversi F. W. Hutton, 1872 (king dory)