John Dory Recipe
John Dory Fish, John Dory Recipe - The John Dory is a strange, mournful-looking fish. Its name is said to be derived from the Latin for doorkeeper, janitore, but its Latin name, Zeus faber, means ‘blacksmith of the gods’. The species seems surrounded by legends, the best-known being that the dark blotches on each flank are St Peter’s fingerprints, left when he took a coin from the fish’s mouth to pay his tax.
Round round, get around
The John Dory can be seen all around Britain but the South-west probably represents the northern extent of its breeding range. Distribution is virtually worldwide in temperate and tropical waters. British divers surrounded by the sort of fish found in New Zealand, for example, get quite a surprise when they suddenly see the comparatively familiar John Dory.
