Cubiceps capensis
creator: Appeltans, Ward
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159423 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-05-27T11:47:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
replaces: 316486
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845)
class: Teleostei
family: Nomeidae
genus: Cubiceps
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36. v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.].
name published in year: 1838-1847
order: Scombriformes
parent name usage ID: 126037
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Smith, 1845)
specific epithet: capensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted