Australian Silver Dory

Cyttus australis

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth51–480 m
Water temperature8–21 °C
Best monthsAugust, November, and December
How commonOccasional

About this species

The silver dory is a dory, in the genus Cyttus, found around southern Australia, on the continental shelf at depths of between 10 and 350 m. Its length is about 40 cm.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Silver dory”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 38 records
March: 29 records
April: 70 records
May: 32 records
June: 45 records
July: 58 records
August: 106 records
September: 38 records
October: 50 records
November: 114 records
December: 81 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 51–480 m · Deepest record: 1,020 m

0–10 m: 9 records
10–20 m: 11 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 23 records
40–50 m: 57 records
50–60 m: 24 records
60–70 m: 21 records
70–80 m: 59 records
80–90 m: 46 records
90–100 m: 36 records
100–110 m: 27 records
110+ m: 774 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–21 °C

6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 2 records
10–12 °C: 20 records
12–14 °C: 56 records
14–16 °C: 40 records
16–18 °C: 59 records
18–20 °C: 73 records
20–22 °C: 8 records

Names and classification

English: Australian Silver Dory, Bastard Dory, boarfish, Red Dory, silver dory, Sun Dory

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: San Pedro plateado australiano
Japanese: アシゲマトウダイ

Other scientific names: Capros australis

Similar species

Bight Dory
Cyttus traversi
Dory
Cyttus novaezealandiae

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,237 open-data records from 1909 to 2016.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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