Genus Cubiceps Lowe, 1843
Compiler and date details
25 September 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray and Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Cubiceps Lowe, R.T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 81-95 [82].
Type species:
Seriola gracilis Lowe, 1839 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. The fishes of North and middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47(1): 1-1240 [950].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Nomeidae: Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909) [valid from the Arabian Sea] — Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 2008. Family Nomeidae. pp. 801-804 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [802]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
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
Agafonova, T.F. 1988. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of cigarfishes (Cubiceps, Nomeidae) of the Indian Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 28(4): 541-555 [English translation in J. Ichthyol. 28(6): 46-61]
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
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2013 | STROMATEOIDEI | 21-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |