Cubiceps Explained

Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

• Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923 (Black fathead)
• Cubiceps caeruleus Regan, 1914 (Blue fathead)
• Cubiceps capensis (A. Smith, 1845) (Cape fathead)
• Cubiceps gracilis (R. T. Lowe, 1843) (Driftfish)
• Cubiceps kotlyari Agafonova, 1988 (Kotlyar's cubehead)
• Cubiceps macrolepis Agafonova, 1988 (Large-scale cigarfish)
• Cubiceps nanus Agafonova, 1988 (Dwarf cigarfish)
• Cubiceps paradoxus J. L. Butler, 1979 (Longfin cigarfish)
• Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872 (Longfin fathead)
• Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894) (Shadow driftfish)