WoRMS taxon details
Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845)
AphiaID: 159423
AphiaID: 159423
| 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 |
Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds mainly on salps [details] Distribution: probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, as far north as 40.9°N in Canadian Atlantic [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: oceanic, epi- or mesopelagic in tropical waters [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Importance: Social- Minor Commercial fishery [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159423 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845). 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=159423 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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