WoRMS taxon details
Ogcocephalus cubifrons (Richardson, 1836)
275905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275905)
accepted
Species
Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836 · unaccepted
Malthaea cubifrons (Richardson, 1836) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836) Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ogcocephalus cubifrons (Richardson, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275905 on 2026-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836) Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Malthaea cubifrons (Richardson, 1836))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus cubifrons)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Malthaea cubifrons (Richardson, 1836))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus cubifrons USNM 117170 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus cubifrons USNM 117170 photograph ventral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Malthaea cubifrons (Richardson, 1836))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus cubifrons)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Malthaea cubifrons (Richardson, 1836))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus cubifrons USNM 117170 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus cubifrons USNM 117170 photograph ventral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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