Pseudocyttus

Pseudocyttus maculatus, the smooth oreo or smooth dory, is an oreo, the only species in the genus Pseudocyttus. It is found in all southern oceans at depths of between 400 and 1,500 metres (1,300 and 4,900 ft). Its length is up to 60 centimetres (24 in).

Pseudocyttus
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Zeiformes
Family:	Oreosomatidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocyttinae Tyler, O'Toole & Winterbottom, 2003
Genus:	Pseudocyttus Gilchrist, 1906
Species:	P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist, 1906

References

• "Pseudocyttus maculatus" IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudocyttus maculatus". FishBase. March 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8