Cubiceps
Appearance
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Cubiceps | |
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Cubiceps caeruleus (Blue fathead) | |
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Specimen of C. gracilis (Longfin cigarfish) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Nomeidae |
Genus: | Cubiceps R. T. Lowe, 1843 |
Type species | |
Seriola gracilis R. T. Lowe, 1843
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Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923 (Black fathead)
- Cubiceps caeruleus Regan, 1914 (Blue fathead)
- Cubiceps capensis (A. Smith, 1845) (Cape fathead)
- Cubiceps gracilis (R. T. Lowe, 1843) (Driftfish)
- Cubiceps kotlyari Agafonova, 1988 (Kotlyar's cubehead)
- Cubiceps macrolepis Agafonova, 1988 (Large-scale cigarfish)
- Cubiceps nanus Agafonova, 1988 (Dwarf cigarfish)
- Cubiceps paradoxus J. L. Butler, 1979 (Longfin cigarfish)
- Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872 (Longfin fathead)
- Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894) (Shadow driftfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Cubiceps in FishBase. February 2014 version.