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Nomeidae

Nomeidae

Syntype of <I>Cubiceps whiteleggii</I>

Syntype of Cubiceps whiteleggii

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Family NOMEIDAE

Cigarfishes, Cubeheads, Driftfishes


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25 September 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray and Matthew M. Lockett

20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray

Introduction

Members of the Nomeidae, or driftfishes, occur worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. Three genera and 15 species are currently recognised (Haedrich 1990; McDowall 1994), with all three genera and 11 species known from Australia.

Nomeids are typically oceanic, with juveniles sometimes associated with Physalia or jellyfishes. They are not part of major fisheries in Australia. The maximum length achieved is around 1 m, but most species are smaller.

Butler (1979) and Agafonova (1994) revised Cubiceps, and Haedrich (1967) treated the monotypic Nomeus and species of Psenes. Last (2001) and Parin & Piotrosky (2004) treated some Australian species. The identity of Psenes maculatus, recorded by Kuiter (1993) from Australian waters, based on a juvenile, is uncertain; this species is not included here.

 

General References

Agafonova, T.B. 1994. Systematics and distribution of Cubiceps (Nomeidae) of the world ocean. Journal of Ichthyology 34(5): 116-143 figs 1-16

Butler, J.L. 1979. The nomeid genus Cubiceps (Pisces) with a description of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 29(2): 226-241 figs 1-12

Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56

Haedrich, R.L. 1990. Centrolophidae, Nomeidae, Ariommidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 1010-1022 in Quéro, J.-C., Hureau, J.-C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (eds). Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Paris : UNESCO 1492 pp., 3 vols.

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.

Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Nomeidae. pp. 839-843, figs 742-745 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
08-Oct-2013 STROMATEOIDEI 08-Oct-2013 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)