Cubiceps
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| Cubiceps Fossil range: Pliocene to Present[1] |
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Cubiceps is one genus among 4 genera containing altogether 18 species of perciform fish of the family Nomeidae commonly known as Driftfish. The genus Cubiceps contains 10 species.
[edit] Species
- Black fathead Cubiceps baxteri
- Blue fathead Cubiceps caeruleus
- Cape fathead Cubiceps capensis
- Driftfish Cubiceps gracilis
- Large-scale cigarfish Cubiceps macrolepis
- Dwarf cigarfish Cubiceps nanus
- Longfin cigarfish Cubiceps paradoxus
- Longfin fathead Cubiceps pauciradiatus
- Indian driftfish Cubiceps squamiceps
- Cubiceps kotlyari (no common name recorded)
Their entries in FishBase are:
| Species name (2007) | FishBase name | Source |
| Cubiceps baxteri | Black fathead | McCulloch, 1923 |
| Cubiceps caeruleus | Blue fathead | Regan, 1914 |
| Cubiceps capensis | Cape fathead | Smith, 1845 |
| Cubiceps gracilis | Driftfish | Lowe, 1843 |
| Cubiceps kotlyari | — | Agafonova, 1988 |
| Cubiceps macrolepis | Large-scale cigarfish | Agafonova, 1988 |
| Cubiceps nanus | Dwarf cigarfish | Agafonova, 1988 |
| Cubiceps paradoxus | Longfin cigarfish | Butler, 1979 |
| Cubiceps pauciradiatus | Longfin fathead | Günther, 1872 |
| Cubiceps squamiceps | Indian driftfish | (Lloyd, 1909) |
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
