Pseudocyttus maculatus, the smooth oreo or smooth dory, is an oreo, the only species in the genus Pseudocyttus. It is found in all southern oceans at depths of between 400 and 1,500 metres (1,300 and 4,900 ft). Its length is up to 60 centimetres (24 in).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Oreosomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocyttinae Tyler, O'Toole & Winterbottom, 2003 |
| Genus: | Pseudocyttus Gilchrist, 1906 |
| Species: | P. maculatus
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| Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist, 1906
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References edit
- "Pseudocyttus maculatus" IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Pseudocyttus maculatus" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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