Cubiceps
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.[2]
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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  | |
| 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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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)
