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List of fishes known as dory

List of fishes known as dory is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of fishes known as dory rather than just read about it. In short: The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. 'gilded one') is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish. As well as resembling each other, dories are also similar in habit: most are deep-sea and demersal.

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Reference excerpt

The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. 'gilded one') is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish. As well as resembling each other, dories are also similar in habit: most are deep-sea and demersal. Additionally, many species support commercial fisheries as food fish. Most dory families belong to the order Zeiformes, suborder Zeioidei:

The "true dories", family Zeidae (five species, including the well-known John Dory) The zeniontids, family Zenionidae or Zeniontidae (seven species) The "Australian dories", family Cyttidae (three species all within the genus Cyttus) The oreos, family Oreosomatidae (ten species) The parazen family, Parazenidae (four species, including the rosy dory) Additionally, several species of spinyfin (family Diretmidae, order Beryciformes) have been given the name dory by fishmongers. In British English, the name is sometimes used for the walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum) – and the walleye's common name in French is the phonetically similar doré – meaning golden or gilded. In parts of Southeast Asia, fillets of shark catfish (ex. Pangasius) are marketed as cream dory, Pangasius dory, Pacific dory, or simply dory.

See also List of fish common names Dory (disambiguation)

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of fishes known as dory

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of fishes known as dory ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of fishes known as dory

In research: List of fishes known as dory appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of fishes known as dory in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of fishes known as dory is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Fish common names, Set index articles on animal common names, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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