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Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist, 1906

Smooth oreo dory
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Common names: Smooth oreo, Smooth oreo dory
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
Importance: commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs around the south of New Zealand, 600 to over 1,000 m; available all year round (Ref. 9258). This is the second most abundant oreo dory in New Zealand (Ref. 9258). First record in the Chathams Island (Ref. 45493). Also Ref. 5194, 9072.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Zeiformes (Dories) > Oreosomatidae (Oreos) > Pseudocyttinae
Etymology: Pseudocyttus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, kyttaros, kytos = a convex cavity.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 400 - 1500 m (Ref. 5194), usually 900 - 1100 m (Ref. 36731).   Deep-water; 34°S - 67°S, 90°W - 176°W (Ref. 27159)

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