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| image = Zeus.faber.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Zeus faber'' | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Zeiformes | familia = Zeidae | genus = ''Zeus'' | species = ''Z. faber'' | binomial = ''Zeus faber'' | binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | range_map = | range_map_caption = }} 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 benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin. The dark spot is used to flash an 'evil eye' if danger approaches. Its large eyes at the front of the head provide it with binocular vision and depth perception, which are important for predators. The John Dory’s eye spot on the side of its body also confuses prey, which are scooped up in its big mouth.〔(New Zealand Coastal Fish: John Dory. )〕 In New Zealand, Māori know it as ''kuparu'', and on the East Coast of the North Island, they gave some to Captain James Cook on his first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. Several casks of them were pickled.〔 ==Name== Various, often doubtful explanations are given of the origin of the name. It may be an arbitrary or jocular variation of dory (from French ''dorée'', gilded), or an allusion to John Dory, the hero of an old ballad. Others suggest that "John" derives from the French ''jaune'', yellow. The novel ''An Antarctic Mystery'' by Jules Verne gives another account, which has some popularity but is probably fanciful: "The legendary etymology of this piscatorial designation is Janitore, the 'door-keeper,' in allusion to St. Peter, who brought a fish said to be of that species, to Jesus at his command." Other known names for the John Dory are the "St. Pierre", or "Peter's Fish", perhaps explaining why dories were often referred to as "Peter Boats", Saint Peter being the patron saint of fishermen.〔see 1:Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of Christian names, Volume 1, pg. 359// 2: Abraham Smythe Palmer "Folk Etymology; Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted In Form Or Meaning pg. 196// 3.David Badham, Prose halieutics: or, Ancient and modern fish tattle/ 4: American Notes and Queries, Volume 3 pg. 129// and 5: Fraser's Magazine For Town And Country, January To June 1853〕 A related legend says that the dark spot on the fish's flank is St. Peter's thumbprint.〔The legend is noticed in Stéphan Reebs, ''Fish Behavior in the Aquarium and in the Wild'' (Cornell 1991:36); Reebs notes that the fish does not occur in the Sea of Galilee, where Peter fished.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「john dory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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