It is a saltwater fish whose natural habitat ranges from mud bottoms along coastal areas to moderately deep waters.

What is a john dory. The origin of this fish name is slippery. John Dory is often considered one of the ugliest fish in the world with absolutely no relatives that we know of. The john dory is an odd fish and has a very distinctive shape its body is almost completely circular and very thin in colour it is generally brown or olive but it can also be orange.

The white boneless meaty. John dory are a demersal species that lives close to the sea bed in coastal and continental shelf waters. The dark spot however serves as a means of protection for the deep-sea.

John Dory tend to be caught via demersal trawling in the North East Atlantic where they are most abundant and best value from May to June and September to December. A John Dory is a type of marine food fish belonging to the family Zeidae. It is an extremely thin flat bodied greyish-green fish with an oval shape.

The John Dory is an active predator and eats a variety of schooling fishes and invertebrates. The meat might be delicious but John Dory isnt the prettiest or the most economical of fish. It also has white or gold stripes and blotches on its body and its underbelly is pale.

All we ask is a coffee or whatever seems reasonable to you today. John Dory are found in the Mediterranean Sea the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean as well as along the coasts of the western Pacific Ocean. It has spines running down its side and is easily-distinguished by its very large head.

It sounds like it was surely named after a person but according to Larousse Gastronomique the English name is a corruption of its French. Once close it launches an attack by rapidly opening its huge mouth creating a vacuum that sucks in its unsuspecting prey. John dory are considered to have a locally patchy distribution and use a variety of habitats including open sand muddy grounds rock structures and reefs.