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Photo	Names
Image courtesy of: Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia, Office of Seafood and Office of Regulatory Affairs, US Food and Drug Administration.	Latin: Psuedocyttus maculatus French: Saint Pierre de fond do Nouvell Zelande German: Neuseelandischer Tiefsee-Petersfisch Spanish: Pez de san Pedro Russian: Solnechnik Japanese: Omenatodai

Description

There are several varieties of the dory, the most prominent being the John dory. The John dory is also called St. Peter's fish in Europe, because the thumbprint marking on its side is attributed to the legend of the fisherman Simon (later known as St. Peter) grasping the fish tightly to search for a coin hidden in its mouth. Other fish that are called dories include the smooth oreo and black oreo dory, both of which do not actually belong to the dory family but are part of the Oreosomatidae, or oreo family.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Capture: New Zealand, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Countries of South America's southern coast. Primary Consumers United States, Great Britain, France, Germany	------

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