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Additionally, several species of spinyfin (family Diretmidae, order Beryciformes) have been given the name dory by fishmongers. In parts of Southeast Asia, fillets of Pangasius sp. catfishes are referred to as cream dory, Pangasius dory or Pacific dory. See also. List of fish common names; Dory (disambiguation)
Pseudopangasius Bleeker, 1862. Neopangasius Popta, 1904. Sinopangasius Chang & Wu, 1965. Pangasius is a genus of medium-large to very large shark catfishes native to fresh water in South and Southeast Asia. The term "pangasius" is sometimes used to specifically refer to the commercially important basa fish, P. bocourti.
Dory, the small blue fish with a bad memory from the "Finding Nemo" franchise, is a blue tang, or a Paracanthurus hepatus in scientific terms. Native to the Indo-Pacific and found in coral reefs ...
John Dory, St Pierre, or Peter's fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin.
Swai fillet as sold in the United States. Pangasius does not have a gourmet reputation and is sold cheaply as swai ( / swaɪ /, from Thai สวาย s̄wāy) [11] [12] in the United States, panga (or pangas) in Europe and cream dory and basa in several Asian countries and in Australia and the UK.
Zeus. The Zeidae (named after Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology) are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish —the "true dories ". Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, the family contains just six species in two genera. All species are important and highly regarded food fish supporting commercial ...
Sole (fish) The common sole (or Dover sole) is a species of marine flatfish widely found around the coasts of Europe. The American soles are a family of flatfish found in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas. Sole is a fish belonging to several families. Generally speaking, they are members of the family Soleidae, but ...
See text. The Zeiformes / ˈziːɪfɔːrmiːz / are a small order of exclusively marine ray-finned fishes [2] most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 33 species in six extant families, mostly deep-sea types. Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep.
The Cape dory, Cape Dory, or Cape John Dory (Zeus capensis) is a fish of the family Zeidae. It occurs on the coast of Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique in South Atlantic and Western Indian Oceans. It is a demersal fish that lives at the depth 35–400 m. It can reach up to 90.0 cm in total length.
Basa (fish) Basa ( Pangasius bocourti) is a species of catfish in the family Pangasiidae. Basa are native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Mainland Southeast Asia. [2] These fish are important as a food source, and also on the international market. They are often labelled in North America and Australia as "basa fish", "swai", [3] or ...