red dory
Cyttopsis rosea (Lowe, 1843)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Cyttopsis rosea
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Open encyclopedia reference
Cyttopsis rosea, the rosy dory, is a zeiform fish which is found on the continental slopes in most parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It growth up to 22 cm and feeds on other fishes and on swimming crustaceans. It is often caught as bycatch in deep trawl fisheries, but is not utilized.
Wikipedia contributors, Cyttopsis rosea; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:44:06.172031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyttopsis rosea (Lowe, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Lowe, 1843)
- Common name
- red dory
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Zeiformes
- Family
- Parazenidae
- Genus
- Cyttopsis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderZeiformes
- familyParazenidae McAllister, 1968
- subfamilyCyttopsinae
- genusCyttopsis Gill, 1862
- speciesCyttopsis rosea (Lowe, 1843)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyttopsis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyttopsis cypho (Fowler, 1934) | ParazenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyttopsis indica Sreeja, Kumar, Raju, Augustina & Anand, 2026 | ParazenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cyttus roseus (Lowe, 1843) (Lowe, 1843) | synonym |
| Cyttopsis itea Jordan & Fowler, 1902 Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | synonym |
| Zen itea (Jordan & Fowler, 1902) (Jordan & Fowler, 1902) | synonym |
| Cyttopsis roseus (Lowe, 1843) (Lowe, 1843) | synonym |
| Cyttopsis scuutatus (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) | synonym |
| Paracyttopsis scutatus Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 | synonym |
| Zen scutatus (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) | synonym |
| Zeus roseus Lowe, 1843 Lowe, 1843 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127425 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:33SQW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.