Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nomeidae Driftfishes

Genus: Cubiceps

(See list of species below)

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10 species (see list below)

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Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Cubiceps baxteri
[Black fathead]

Photo by Villalba, D.O.

Cubiceps caeruleus
[Blue fathead]

Photo by Lord, R.

Cubiceps capensis
[Cape fathead]

Photo by FAO

Cubiceps gracilis
[Driftfish]

Photo by FAO

Cubiceps kotlyari
[Kotlyar's cubehead]

Photo by Agafonova, T.B.

Cubiceps macrolepis
[Large-scale cigarfish]

Photo by Agafonova, T.B.

Cubiceps nanus
[Dwarf cigarfish]

Photo by Anderson, S.

Cubiceps paradoxus
[Longfin cigarfish]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Cubiceps pauciradiatus
[Bigeye cigarfish]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Cubiceps whiteleggii
[Shadow driftfish]

10 Species of Family Nomeidae with Genus Cubiceps
(Driftfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1923	Cubiceps baxteri	Black fathead	Atlantic and Pacific	100 TL
1914	Cubiceps caeruleus	Blue fathead	South Atlantic and Pacifi	28.5 TL
1845	Cubiceps capensis	Cape fathead	Probably circumglobal in	101 TL
1843	Cubiceps gracilis	Driftfish	Eastern Atlantic	107 TL
1988	Cubiceps kotlyari	Kotlyar's cubehead	Indo-Pacific	12.6 TL
1988	Cubiceps macrolepis	Large-scale cigarfish	Western Indian Ocean	14.6 TL
1988	Cubiceps nanus	Dwarf cigarfish	Western Indian Ocean	12.1 TL
1979	Cubiceps paradoxus	Longfin cigarfish	Eastern Central Pacific	127 TL
1872	Cubiceps pauciradiatus	Bigeye cigarfish	Atlantic, Indian and Paci	20 TL
1894	Cubiceps whiteleggii	Shadow driftfish	Indo-West Pacific	21 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: PerciformesFamily: Nomeidae DriftfishesGenus: Cubiceps(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nomeidae Driftfishes

Genus: Cubiceps

(See list of species below)