Dory

Cyttus novaezealandiae

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth100–465 m
Water temperature8–21 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and December
How commonOccasional

About this species

The New Zealand dory is a dory, in the family Cyttidae, found around southern Australia, and New Zealand, over the continental shelf at depths of between 20 and 400 m. Its length is between 20 and 30 cm.

Text from the Wikipedia article “New Zealand 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: 2 records
February: 14 records
March: 18 records
April: 18 records
May: 12 records
June: 16 records
July: 28 records
August: 36 records
September: 9 records
October: 16 records
November: 21 records
December: 28 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 100–465 m · Deepest record: 1,011 m

10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 5 records
40–50 m: 12 records
50–60 m: 38 records
60–70 m: 40 records
70–80 m: 81 records
80–90 m: 95 records
90–100 m: 100 records
100–110 m: 111 records
110–120 m: 121 records
120+ m: 3,158 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–21 °C

6–8 °C: 20 records
8–10 °C: 11 records
10–12 °C: 151 records
12–14 °C: 374 records
14–16 °C: 171 records
16–18 °C: 73 records
18–20 °C: 23 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Dory, New Zealand Dory, New Zealand Silver Dory, silver dory

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: San Pedro plateado de Nueva Zelanda
Japanese: ヒメマトウダイ

Other scientific names: Cyttus novaezelandiae, Zeus novaezealandiae

Similar species

Bight Dory
Cyttus traversi
Australian Silver Dory
Cyttus australis

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).
4,008 open-data records from 1907 to 2018.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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