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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845) 
AphiaID: 159423

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStromateoidei (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNomeidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCubiceps (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCubiceps capensis (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCubiceps Lowe, 1843
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAtimostoma capensis Smith, 1845
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAtimostoma capensis Smith, 1845
Sources  basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCape cigarfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet Feeds mainly on salps  [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, as far north as 40.9°N in Canadian Atlantic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat oceanic, epi- or mesopelagic in tropical waters [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat nektonic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorImportance Social- Minor Commercial fishery [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159423
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2017). Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159423 on 2017-08-17
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