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Cubiceps
Temporal range: 5.3–0 Ma
Pliocene to Present[1]
Cubiceps caeruleus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Nomeidae Genus: Cubiceps Cubiceps is one genus among 4 genera containing all together 18 species of perciform fish of the family Nomeidae commonly known as Driftfish. The genus Cubiceps contains 10 species.
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) References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Categories:- Nomeidae
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