Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes
Familia: Nomeidae
Genus: Cubiceps
Species (10): C. baxteri – C. caeruleus – C. capensis – C. gracilis – C. kotlyari – C. macrolepis – C. nanus – C. paradoxus – C. pauciradiatus – C. squamiceps
Name
Cubiceps Lowe, 1843
Primary references
Lowe, R.T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 81–95. BHL page 82. Reference page.
Links
BHL bibliography
Cubiceps – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cubiceps.
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.[2]
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
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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Cubiceps in FishBase. February 2014 version.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
