List of fishes known as dory

The common name dory is shared by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish. As well as resembling each other, dories are also similar in habit: most are deep-sea and demersal. Additionally, many species support commercial fisheries as food fish. Most dory families belong to the order Zeiformes, suborder Zeioidei:

The "true dories", family Zeidae
The zeniontids, family Zenionidae or Zeniontidae
The "Australian dories", family Cyttidae
The oreos, family Oreosomatidae
The parazen family, Parazenidae

Additionally, several species of spinyfin have been given the name dory by fishmongers.
In British English, the name is sometimes used for the walleye – and the walleye's common name in French is the phonetically similar doré – meaning golden or gilded.
In parts of Southeast Asia, fillets of shark catfish are marketed as cream dory, Pangasius dory, Pacific dory, or simply dory.