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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 .
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]
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.
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.
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.
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It would be nice to have a section dealing with the culinary uses of the John Dory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.111.39 22:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC) John Dory is a quite exceptional fish and yields two fine bone free fillets. It is not far short of Dover Sole in quality and is a keenly sought fish by gastronaughts.
Thomas Jerome Newton can refer to: . A character in the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth. Thomas Jerome Newton was played by David Bowie in the 1976 film adaptation; The character was renamed John Dory and played by Lewis Smith in the 1987 TV film adaptation