New Zealand country information

Common names: Mirror dory
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 27363.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Zeiformes (Dories) > Zeidae (Dories)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Cá Dây gương, 雨印鲷, Kagamidai, ... more

Main reference

Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston. 1988. (Ref. 3132)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9563); max. published weight: 3.0 kg (Ref. 27124); max. reported age: 45 years (Ref. 58312)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 25 - 40 cm

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 30 - 800 m (Ref. 27124), usually 50 - 600 m (Ref. 27114)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 41°N - 54°S, 72°E - 70°W

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Japan, northwest shelf of Australia to Broken Bay in New South Wales, New Zealand (Ref. 6390), and elsewhere in the region. Eastern Pacific: off central and southern California, USA (Ref. 2850); and on the seamounts of the Nazca Ridge in the Peru area (Ref. 27131).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-27; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 24 - 25

Occur in deeper trawling grounds of the continental shelf and slope, close to the sea bed (Ref. 559). Caught by Japanese trawlers during winter (Ref. 559). Excellent food fish.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5781 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.4 ±0.72 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.20; tm=3; tmax=45; Fec=52,000)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (64 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Zenopsis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)