Cubiceps Macrolepis
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''Cubiceps'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
driftfish Nomeidae, the driftfishes, are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. The family includes about 16 species. The largest species, such as the Cape fathead, ''Cubiceps capensis'', ...
es found circumglobally.


Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Cubiceps baxteri'' McCulloch, 1923 (Black fathead) * '' Cubiceps caeruleus'' Regan, 1914 (Blue fathead) * '' Cubiceps capensis'' (
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, 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

Nomeidae Extant Pliocene first appearances {{Scombroidei-stub