Species Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923

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• Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, A.R. 1923. Notes on fishes from Australia and Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 14(1): 1-17 pls 1-3 [14, pl. 1 (fig. 4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IA.686, Lord Howe Island.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East of Proserpine, QLD (20°24'S) to south of Hobart, TAS (44°16'S) and Lord Howe Island, NSW, also west of Cape Cuvier (24°S) to North of Port Walcott (19°44'S), WA, however identity of Indian Ocean records recently questioned by Viji et al. (2021) and may be misidentifications of Cubiceps whiteleggii; temperate, Indo-Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic province, pelagic.

 

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

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [355] (species list only)

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. [801]

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.

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [120] (788)

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 [46]

Viji, V., HArish, K.C. & Madhusoodana Kurup, B. 2021. Reports of Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch 1923 from Indian Ocean are probably misidentifications of Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite 1894). Zootaxa 4985(1): 142-144

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (698)

 

Common Name References

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. [3777] (FAO) (Black Cigarfish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [120] (Cubehead)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Black Cubehead)

 

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)