change the applications for gnome-open
$ $ ls /usr/share/applications/zathura.desktop
/usr/share/applications/zathura.desktop
$ cat << EOM > ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
[Default Applications]
application/pdf=zathura.desktop
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