Zenionidae | |
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Zenion hololepis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: |
Zenionidae G. S. Myers, 1960 |
Genera | |
The Zenionidae are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish. Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just seven species in three genera.
The family was formerly known as Macrurocyttidae.