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  2. John Dory - Wikipedia

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    John Dory, St Pierre, or Peter's fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin .

  3. John Dory (song) - Wikipedia

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    John Dory (Roud 249, Child 284) is an English-language folk song. The fish John Dory may be named for the titular character. [1] The song is sometimes sung as a three-part round. The first printing of the tune and text is 1609 in Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia songbook but there are earlier mentions of the song in books. [2]

  4. Zeidae - Wikipedia

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    The silvery John dory (Zenopsis conchifera) is typical of the Zeidae, with its scute-covered belly and filamentous spiny dorsal fin.. As benthic fish, dories are typically found close to or directly over the sea bottom, but occasionally in midwater as well.

  5. Dory (fish) - Wikipedia

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    The John Dory is an example of a fish known as a Dory. The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. ' gilded one ') is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.

  6. Spotbanded scat - Wikipedia

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    The spotbanded scat,(Selenotoca multifasciata), also known as the striped scat, banded scat, barred scat, butterfish, John Dory, Johnny Dory, old maid, Southern butter-fish or striped butterfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Scatophagidae, the scats. They are found in the eastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific ...

  7. Jon Dore - Wikipedia

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    Year Award Category Result 2006 Canadian Comedy Award: Best Stand-up Newcomer [9]: Won 2008 Canadian Comedy Award Best Series Writing, The Jon Dore TV Show [10]: Won

  8. Cape dory - Wikipedia

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    The Cape dory, Cape Dory, or Cape John Dory (Zeus capensis) is a fish of the family Zeidae. [1] [2] It occurs on the coast of Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique in South Atlantic and Western Indian Oceans. It is a demersal fish that lives at the depth 35–400 m. [1] It can reach up to 90.0 cm in total length. [2]

  9. Zenopsis - Wikipedia

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    Zenopsis is a genus of dories, a group of marine fish.There are five extant species, but the genus is also known from fossils dating back to the Oligocene epoch. They largely resemble the better-known John Dory, and are typically found in relatively deep water, below normal scuba diving depth.