Species Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1847)
Cape Cubehead, Cape Cigarfish
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
- Atimostoma capensis Smith, A. 1847. 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 the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Pisces. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 4 83 pp. 31 pls. [bound in 1849; published from 1838 to 1847] [unpaginated, pl. 24].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1845.7.3.74 skin, north of Cape Town, South Africa.
Generic Combinations
- Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1847). —
Barnard, K.H. 1948. Further notes on South African marine fishes. Annals of the South African Museum 36: 341-406 [389]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Knowledge of distribution incomplete, because of similarity to C. baxteri, but probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas between 40°N and 35°S; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Oceanic province, pelagic.
General 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]
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]
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) (Cape Cigarfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Cape Cubehead)
History of changes
| 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) |
| 21-May-2012 | MODIFIED |