Cubiceps

Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.[2]

Cubiceps
Temporal range: 5.3–0 Ma
Pliocene to Present[1]
Cubiceps gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Nomeidae
Genus: Cubiceps
R. T. Lowe, 1843
Type species
Seriola gracilis
R. T. Lowe, 1843
Synonyms
  • Atimostoma A. Smith, 1845
  • Navarchus De Filippi & Vérany, 1857
  • Trachelocirrhus Doûmet, 1863
  • Mulichthys Lloyd, 1909
  • Mandelichthys Nichols & Murphy, 1944

Species

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
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Cubiceps in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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