WoRMS taxon details
Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872
159424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159424)
accepted
Species
Cubiceps athenae Haedrich, 1965 · unaccepted
Cubiceps carinatus Nichols & Murphy, 1944 · unaccepted
Cubiceps longimanus Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1872). On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 10 (no. 60) (art,. 60): 418-426. [details]
Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159424 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1872). On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 10 (no. 60) (art,. 60): 418-426. [details]
original description (of Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [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]
original description (of Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
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 (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]
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). (2025). 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]
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]
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). (2025). 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Adults feed mainly on salps [details]Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean [details]
Habitat Occurs from the border of the continental shelf to about 1,000 m depth. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Gunther's nomeid fishbigeye cigarfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ホソオキメダイ | [details] |
| Russian | Длинноперый (малолучевой) кубоглав | [details] |
| Spanish | derivante ojón | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (69 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cubiceps longimanus Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps carinatus Nichols & Murphy, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps athenae Haedrich, 1965)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps pauciradiatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps carinatus Nichols & Murphy, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps longimanus Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps athenae Haedrich, 1965)
To FishBase images (Cubiceps pauciradiatus, by Dubosc, J.)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3103527)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps pauciradiatus USNM 405002 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps pauciradiatus USNM 405003 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cubiceps longimanus Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps carinatus Nichols & Murphy, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps athenae Haedrich, 1965)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps pauciradiatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps carinatus Nichols & Murphy, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps longimanus Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps nesiotes Fowler, 1938)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps athenae Haedrich, 1965)
To FishBase images (Cubiceps pauciradiatus, by Dubosc, J.)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3103527)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps pauciradiatus USNM 405002 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps pauciradiatus USNM 405003 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
