WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cubiceps melanus Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Four new fishes and one little-known species from the east coast of the United States including the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 44 (8): 256-264. [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Otheradditional source
Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [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]
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on small crustaceans [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: 43°N and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Panama, extending to the northern coast of South America [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Inhabits deep waters, usually on soft bottoms. [details]
Importance Social- Minor commercial fishery [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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