WoRMS taxon details
Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894)
273680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273680)
accepted
Species
Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted
Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909) · unaccepted
Cubiceps whiteleggi (Waite, 1894) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909 · unaccepted
Psenes guttatus Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
Psenes squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909) · unaccepted
Psenes stigmapleuron Fowler, 1939 · unaccepted
Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894 · unaccepted
Psenes whitelegii Waite, 1894 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894) Waite, E. R. (1894). New or rare fishes from Maroubra, N. S. W. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 9 (pt 2): 215-227, Pl. 17. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273680 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894) Waite, E. R. (1894). New or rare fishes from Maroubra, N. S. W. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 9 (pt 2): 215-227, Pl. 17. [details]
original description (of Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; von Bonde C. (1923). The Stromateidae (butter-fishes) collected by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Spec. Rep.</em> no. 4: 1-12, Pls. 17-19. [details]
original description (of Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923) Gilchrist, J. D. F.; von Bonde C. (1923). The Stromateidae (butter-fishes) collected by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Spec. Rep.</em> no. 4: 1-12, Pls. 17-19. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shadow driftfish [from synonym]cigarfish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ボウズコンニャク | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Psenes squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Psenes stigmapleuron Fowler, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psenes guttatus Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps squamiceps) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps whiteleggii)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes guttatus Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes whitelegii Waite, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps whiteleggi (Waite, 1894))
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes stigmapleuron Fowler, 1939)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Cubiceps whiteleggi (Waite, 1894))
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps whiteleggii USNM 403325 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps whiteleggii USNM 435694 photograph lateral view)
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Psenes squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Psenes stigmapleuron Fowler, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psenes guttatus Fowler, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps squamiceps) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cubiceps whiteleggii)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps natalensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes guttatus Fowler, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes whitelegii Waite, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps whiteleggi (Waite, 1894))
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Psenes stigmapleuron Fowler, 1939)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Mulichthys squamiceps Lloyd, 1909)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Cubiceps whiteleggi (Waite, 1894))
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Psenes whiteleggii Waite, 1894)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps whiteleggii USNM 403325 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cubiceps whiteleggii USNM 435694 photograph lateral view)
