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Species Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894)

Coastal Cubehead, Indian Driftfish, Whitelegge's Blubber-fish, Whitelegge's Cubehead, Whitelegge's Eyebrow-fish, Whitelegge's Eyebrowfish


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

 

Introduction

Often misidentified as Cubiceps squamiceps, a species from the Arabian Sea.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay, WA (24°51'S) to off Shoalhaven Heads, NSW (34°50'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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 Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf, continental slope.

 

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 (as C. squamiceps)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [148]

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 [237] (as C. squamiceps)

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. [263, 355]

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] (treat C. squamiceps as valid from the Arabian Sea)

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. [3776]

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [383] (as C. squamiceps)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [123] (as Psenes whiteleggii)

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. [840] (as C. squamiceps)

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] (791, as Psenes whiteleggii)

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 [49]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [278, 347]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (695 as Psenes whiteleggii)

 

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)