| Capromimus | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Zeniontidae |
| Genus: | Capromimus T. N. Gill, 1893 |
| Species: | C. abbreviatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector, 1875)
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Capromimus abbreviatus, the capro dory, is a species of zeniontid fish, the only species in the genus Capromimus, found around New Zealand only, at depths of between 87 and 500 metres (285 and 1,640 ft). It grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.