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Zeus capensis (Cape dory; Cape John dory; Dory)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Cape dory (Zeus capensis) is a fish of the genus Zeus. It is widespread in the Western Indian Ocean near the coasts of Mozambique, also around the Cape of Good Hope to St. Helena Bay, South Africa. It is a marine, demersal fish, that lives at the depth 35 – 200 m. It can reach up to 90.0 cm in maximal length.
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Prey / Diet

Lampanyctodes hectoris (Lanternfish)[1]
Loligo vulgaris (European Squid)[1]
Nyctiphanes capensis[1]
Paracallionymus costatus (Ladder dragonet)[1]
Sardinops sagax (Australian pilchard)[1]

Predators

Squalus mitsukurii (Spiny dogfish)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hysterothylacium zenis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0