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Slender Dory
Subfamily PARAZENINAE McAllister 1968

Parazen Kamohara 1935 pará (παρά), referring to its presumed close relationship to Zen (=Cyttopsis)

Parazen pacificus Kamohara 1935 -icus (L.), belonging to: Pacific Ocean, referring to its occurrence in the Indo-West Pacific

Smooth Dories
“Subfamily CYTTOPSINAE”
name introduced by Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966 in the synonymy of Zeidae, which makes it unavailable per ICZN 11.6.3; nevertheless, many references continue to use it as a valid family-level taxon

Cyttopsis Gill 1862 ópsis (ὄψις), appearance, presumably referring to its similarity to Cyttus (Cyttidae)

Cyttopsis cypho (Fowler 1934) cypho, from kyphós (κυφός), bent forwards or hunchbacked, referring to convex dorsal profile of adults

Cyttopsis rosea (Lowe 1843) Latin for pink or rosy, referring to its color

Stethopristes Gilbert 1905 stḗthos (στῆθος), breast or chest; prístēs (πρίστης), sawyer (but used here to mean, simply, saw), referring to a “continuous series of carinated spinous bucklers from throat to anus”

Stethopristes eos Gilbert 1905 after Eos, goddess of morning-glow, referring to its light rose color