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    ZEID

    1983

    FAO SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SHEETS

    FISHING AREA 51
    (W. Indian Ocean)

    ZEIDAE

    Dories

    Body oval, compressed, its depth greater than head length . Head compressed; mouth large, oblique; upper
    jaw very protrusible; narrow bands of small teeth on jaws and vomer (roof of mouth); no spines or serrae on
    opercular bones. Dorsal fin with 7 to 11 spines and 22 to 30 soft rays; anal fin with 1 to 4 spines and 20 to 30 soft
    rays; pelvic fins with 6 to 10 soft rays and with or without a spinous first ray; dorsal, anal and pectoral fin rays
    unbranched; caudal fin with 11 branched rays. Scales small, rudimentary or absent; bony scutes along midventral
    part of abdomen.
    Colour: silvery grey, bronzy or rosy pink.

    Small to medium-sized fishes taken in trawls over the outer continental shelf and upperslope region (100 to
    300 m depth). Not of commercial importance although some species are sold in markets of South Africa and India.
    Flesh excellent.

    mouth
    large, spined or spineless
    highly plates or scutes
    protrusible along fin bases

    no plates or scutes
    Zeus along in bases
    midventral
    scutes

    Cyttopsis
    - 2 -

    FAO Sheets ZEIDAE Fishing Area 51

    SIMILAR FAMILIES OCCURRING IN THE AREA:

    Trachichthyidae: dorsal fin with 3 to 8 spines and 9 to 18 soft rays (7 to 11 spines; and 22 to 30 soft rays in
    Zeidae); anal fin with 2 or 3 spines and 8 to 12 soft rays (1 to 4 spines and 20 to 30 soft rays in Zeidae); a distinct
    spine on preopercle and on opercle.

    Zeniontidae: body more elongate, its depth 2.3 to 2.7 times in standard length; eye large, its diameter 1.9
    to 3.0 in head length.

    Parazenidae: body more elongate, the depth 2.1 to 2.5 times in :standard length; 2 lateral lines joining under
    end of soft dorsal fin, caudal fin branched rays 9 (11 in Zeidae).

    Caproidae: pelvic fins with 1 spine and 5 soft rays; dorsal, anal and pectoral fin rays branched.

    eye very
    large
    Trachichtyidae

    Zeniontidae

    2 lateral lines
    9 branched
    caudal fin
    rays

    Parazenidae

    Caproidae

    1 spine
    5 soft rays
    -3-

    FAO Sheets ZEIDAE Fishing Area 51

    KEY TO SPECIES OCCURRING IN THE AREA:

    1a. Pelvic fins with 9 or 10 branched


    soft rays and no spine; anal fin with
    1 or 2 short spines and 29 or 30 soft
    rays; no bony plates or spines along
    bases of dorsal and anal fins
    (Fig.1) ...................………............ Cyttopsis
    1b. Pelvic fins with 1 slender, flexible
    spine and 5 to 7 soft rays; anal fin
    with 3 or 4 distinct spines and 20 to
    26 soft rays; a row of bony plates
    or spines along base;, of dorsal and 1 or 2 spines
    anal fins (Figs 2 to 4)
    Cyttopsis roseus Fig.1
    2a. Anal fin with 3 spines; 5 or 6
    bony plates al.ong base of
    spinous and soft-rayed parts of
    dorsal fin (Fig.2) ... Zenopsis conchifer
    2b. Anal fin with 4 spines; no
    bony plates along base of
    spinous dorsal fin (Figs
    3,4)
    3a. Blue-black ocellus on
    midlateral part of
    body below lateral
    lines; 5 to 10 large
    bony plates, each
    with a spine, along
    base of soft dorsal
    and anal fins (fig.3) ..Zeus faber Zenopsis conchifer Fig.2
    3b. Black spot (some- 3 spines
    times indistinct) sur-
    rounded by several
    smaller silver spots,
    on or above lateral
    line and below ante-
    rior soft dorsal rays;
    9 to 12 spines along
    base of soft dorsal
    and anal fins (Fig.4)..Zeus capensis

    Zeus faber Fig.3

    4 spines

    Zeus capensis Fig.4


    4 spines
    -4-

    FAO Sheets ZEIDAE Fishing Area 51

    LIST OF SPECIES OCCURRING IN THE AREA:

    Code numbers are given for those species for which Identification Sheets are included

    Cyttopsis roseus (Lowe, 1843) ZEID Cyttop 1

    Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852) ZEID Zen 1

    Zeus capensis Valenciennes, 1835 ZEID Zeus 2


    Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758 ZEID Zeus 1

    Prepared by P.C. Heemstra; illustrations by E.M. Tarr. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South
    Africa

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