Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
- Cubiceps baxteri <small>McCulloch, 1923</small> (Black fathead)
- Cubiceps caeruleus <small>Regan, 1914</small> (Blue fathead)
- Cubiceps capensis <small>(A. Smith, 1845)</small> (Cape fathead)
- Cubiceps gracilis <small>(R. T. Lowe, 1843)</small> (Driftfish)
- Cubiceps kotlyari <small>Agafonova, 1988</small> (Kotlyar's cubehead)
- Cubiceps macrolepis <small>Agafonova, 1988</small> (Large-scale cigarfish)
- Cubiceps nanus <small>Agafonova, 1988</small> (Dwarf cigarfish)
- Cubiceps paradoxus <small>J. L. Butler, 1979</small> (Longfin cigarfish)
- Cubiceps pauciradiatus <small>Günther, 1872</small> (Longfin fathead)
- Cubiceps whiteleggii <small>(Waite, 1894)</small> (Shadow driftfish)
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