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Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Zeiformes
family
Zeidae
genus
Zeus
species
Zeus faber

Name

Synonyms
Zeus australis Richardson, 1845
Zeus faber mauritanicus Desbrosses, 1937
Zeus japonicus Cuvier, 1835
Zeus japonicus Valenciennes, 1835
Zeus pungio Cuvier, 1829
Zeuss japonicus Valenciennes, 1835
Homonyms
Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig sanktpetersfisk in Danish
An deoraí in Irish
Atlantic John dory in English
Dorede in French
Doree in English
Dulgher in Romanian
European john dory in English
Gall in Spanish
Gall de San Pedro in Spanish
Gall de la mar in Spanish
Gallo in Spanish
Gallocristo in English
Galo-japonês in Portuguese
Galo-negro in Portuguese
Girti in English
Heringskönig in German
Heringskönig in German
Huta San Pietru in Maltese
Jan in French
Jean dorè in French
John Dory in English
John dory in English
Kovac in Croatian
Kovač in Slovenian
Moxt in Maltese
Peixe-galo-negro in Portuguese
Pesce San Pietro in Italian
Peshk kovac in Albanian
Petersfisch in German
Petersfisch in German
Petersfisch in German
Pez de San Pedro in Spanish
Pez de San martin in Spanish
Pez martin in Spanish
Pietarinkala in Finnish
Piotrosz japónski in Polish
Pixxi San Pietru in Maltese
Pixxispad in Maltese
Poisson de Saint-Martin in French
Poule de mer in French
Poule de mer d'eau in French
Pèis Saint-Pierre in French
Pèis de noste segne in French
Saint Pierre in French
Saint Pierre in French
Saint-Pierre in French
Saint-Pierre in French
Saint-Pierre in French
Saint-Pierre dorè in French
Saint-Pierre du Pacifique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 57 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of Forty-seven species belonging to the classes Cyclostomata, Pisces, Amphibia and Reptilia, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific name of one species of the class Amphibia which is currently treated as a senior Subjective synonym of the name of such a species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D(D.18), 365-388 (1956)
  5. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  10. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  11. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  12. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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