WoRMS taxon details
Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845)
159423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159423)
accepted
Species
Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
Distribution probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, as far north as 40.9°N in Canadian Atlantic
Distribution probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, as far north as 40.9°N in Canadian Atlantic [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159423 on 2024-11-19
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original description
(of Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on salps [details]Distribution probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, as far north as 40.9°N in Canadian Atlantic [details]
Habitat oceanic, epi- or mesopelagic in tropical waters [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cape fatheadCape cubeheadCape cigarfish | [details] |
| Russian | Капский кубоглав | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To FishBase images (Cubiceps capensis, USA, by Lord, R.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2578731) (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To FishBase images (Cubiceps capensis, USA, by Lord, R.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2578731) (from synonym Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
