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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Zeiariae
Ordo: Zeiformes
Subordo: Zeioidei
Familia: Zenionidae
Genus: Zenion
Species: Z. leptolepis
Name

Zenion

Zenion is a genus of zeniontid fish that is known from the fossil record, but is still extant.
Species

There are currently four recognized recent species in this genus:[2]

Zenion hololepis (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
Zenion japonicum Kamohara, 1934 (Japanese dory)
Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (elongate dory)
Zenion longipinnis Kotthaus, 1970

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zenion in FishBase. October 2012 version.

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