Zeiformes

Suborder Zeioidei
Cyttidae
Grammicolepididae
Oreosomatidae (oreos )
Parazenidae (parazen and allies)
Zeidae (true dories)
Zenionidae (Macrurocyttidae)
Suborder Caproidei
Caproidae (boarfishes ) The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 40 species in seven families, mostly deep-sea types.

Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no orbitosphenoid . Pelvic fins have 5-10 soft rays and possibly a spine, 5-10 dorsal fin spines and up to 4 anal fin spines.

The classification of the boarfishes (Caproidae ) in this order is uncertain, since they have many perciform characters, for instance in the caudal skeleton.

References

• J.S. Nelson , Fishes of the World