Cubiceps

Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyNomeidae

Habitatmarine

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Specimen records: 225
With media: 21
Family: Nomeidae
Collections: UWFC, TCWC, ECOSUR, YPM, USNM, NMV
Recorded in: Maldives, United States, Mexico, Belize, Curacao, Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Nomeidae
Image: Cubiceps caeruleus (Blue fathead).gif

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Commons category: Cubiceps
taxon name: Cubiceps
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Cubiceps
start time: 5300000-00

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Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.

==Species== There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: 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)

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