Flagship species are primarily intended to promote public awareness\u00a0and to raise funds for conservation. Main criteria for selecting\u00a0flagship species are based on sociocultural considerations. Suggested\u00a0Boka Aquarium flagship species is John Dory.<\/p>\n
John Dory, St. Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus,\u00a0especially Zeus faber<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758). This is benthic coastal marine\u00a0fish of widespread distribution. The body of this fish is laterally\u00a0compressed, in olive-yellow color with a large dark spot on the side and long spines on the dorsal fin. The dark spot is used to flash an\u00a0‘evil eye’ if danger approaches. Its large eyes at the front of the head The origin of the name is variously explained. It may be an arbitrary\u00a0or jocular variation of dory (from French dor\u00e9e<\/em>, gilded), or an allusion\u00a0to John Dory, the hero of an old ballad. Others suggest that “John”\u00a0derives from the French jaune<\/em>, yellow. The novel An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne gives another version: “The legendary\u00a0etymology of this piscatorial designation is Janitore, the ‘door-keeper’, in allusion to St. Peter, who brought a fish said to be of that\u00a0species, to Jesus at his command”. Other known names for the John\u00a0Dory are the “St. Pierre”, or “Peter’s Fish”, Saint Peter being the\u00a0patron saint of fishermen. A related legend says that the dark spot on John Dory is an edible marine fish, well known and highly valued on\u00a0fish markets in Montenegro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flagship species are primarily intended to promote public awareness\u00a0and to raise funds for conservation. Main criteria for selecting\u00a0flagship species are based on sociocultural considerations. Suggested\u00a0Boka Aquarium flagship species is John Dory. John Dory, St. Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus,\u00a0especially Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758). This is benthic coastal marine\u00a0fish of widespread distribution. The body of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[102],"tags":[],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nprovide it with binocular vision and depth perception, which are\u00a0important for predators. The John Dory\u2019s eye spot on the side of its\u00a0body also confuses prey, which are scooped up in its big mouth.<\/p>\n
\nthe fish's flank is St. Peter’s thumbprint.<\/p>\n