HAVE YOU SEEN DORY?
DORY
(Zeus)
A genus of
bony fishes in the Mackerel family. The body is high and laterally compressed;
The scales are very small or absent; the dorsal fins bears nine or ten spines.
And there are bony plates at the roots of the dorsal and anal fins, and on the ventral
surface. The best known of the six species is the John Dory found in the Mediterranean
and of the Atlantic coast of Europe. The name is possibly a corruption of jaune doree, which well describes the
prevalent yellowish color and ,metallic sheen. According, however, to Skeat,
the ‘john’ is merely the ordinary English name. the color is sometimes
olive-brown, and there are two dark patches on the sides, which are fancifully
interpreted as the marks of the apostle peter’s fingers.
Others have
referred the marks to St Christopher. The Johny Dory disputes with the chimaeras
the title of kings of herrings.
(source: CE
v4 64(A))
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