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Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843) 
AphiaID: 126990

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Nomeidae (Family) > Cubiceps (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cubiceps Lowe, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Aphareus obtusirostris Borodin, 1930
Cubiceps lowei Osório, 1909
Navarchus sulcatus De Filippi & Verany, 1857
Psenes gracilis (Lowe, 1843)
Seriola gracilis Lowe, 1843
Trachelocirrhus mediterraneus Doûmet, 1863
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English longfin cigarfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds mainly on salps  [details]

Distribution: 45.1°N to 38.8°N  [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: oceanic, epi- or mesopelagic in warm and temperate waters [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126990
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126990 on 2013-05-22
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