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Zeniontidae (Armoreye dories)						
							
							Etymology: Zenion: Particle zen, derived from zao = to give life.
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range					
						Écologie					
				
				
				
					marin bathypélagique;  profondeur 330 - 700 m (Ref. 4256). Deep-water				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Indian Ocean:  Natal (South Africa), Delagoa Bay (Mozambique), and Kenya.  Southwest Pacific:  New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Taille / Poids / Âge
				
				
				
					Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 16.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4256)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Description synthétique					
					Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie					
				
				
				
					Épines dorsales (Total) : 6 - 7; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 28 - 31; Épines anales: 1; Rayons mous anaux: 28 - 32. 
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Zeniontidae. p. 441. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4256)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
											
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Réf. 
123201): 2.3 - 12.2, mean 8.5 °C (based on 90 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Réf. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5703   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00464 - 0.03116), b=2.99 (2.77 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Niveau trophique  (Réf. 
69278):  3.6   ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
									
					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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