John Dory (Zeus faber)

Also known as Atlantic John Dory, Doorkeeper's Fish, Girti, St. Peter's Fish, St. Pierre

Description

Also known as Atlantic John Dory, Doorkeeper's Fish, Girti, St. Peter's Fish, St. Pierre.

Found singly, close to the seabed, often in deep waters of the continental shelf.
They feed on cephalopods, crustaceans, but mainly on schooling bony fish.
Length - 90cm
Depth - 5-400m
Worldwide

Named after Zeus the supreme god of Greek Mythology.
These are "true dories" and are caught by commercial fishermen by deep-sea trawling! Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Zeus-faber.html

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