Cubiceps

Cubiceps
Temporal range: 5.3–0 Ma


Pliocene to Present[1]

Blue Fathead (C. caeruleus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nomeidae
Genus: Cubiceps
R. T. Lowe, 1843
Type species
Seriola gracilis
R. T. Lowe, 1843
Synonyms
  • Atimostoma A. Smith, 1845
  • Navarchus De Filippi & Vérany, 1857
  • Trachelocirrhus Doûmet, 1863
  • Mulichthys Lloyd, 1909
  • Mandelichthys Nichols & Murphy, 1944

Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.[2]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Cubiceps in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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