| Elongate dory | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Zenionidae |
| Genus: | Zenion |
| Species: | Z. leptolepis |
| Binomial name | |
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Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) |
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The elongate dory (Zenion leptolepis) is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya and New Zealand at depths of between 330 to 700 metres (1,080 to 2,300 ft). It grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL.