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Cubiceps caeruleus
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Nomeidae (Driftfishes)
Etymology: Cubiceps: Latin, cubus = cube + Latin, ceps = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.
Etymology: Cubiceps: Latin, cubus = cube + Latin, ceps = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
South Atlantic and Pacific. Western Central Atlantic: Also reported in Nicaragua (Ref. 13613), Uruguay (Ref. 2806), and Peru (Ref. 5530).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 49326); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 31631)
Max length : 28.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 49326); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 31631)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 27; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 21 - 24; Vertebrae: 31. Pale to dark blue-grey, back darker than sides; caudal fin dark, other fins clear (Ref. 4412).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Feeds mainly on salps. May be caught using a pelagic trawler (Ref. 33689).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Menni, R.C., R.A. Ringuelet and R.H. Aramburu, 1984. Peces marinos de la Argentina y Uruguay. Editorial Hemisferio Sur S.A. Buenos, Aires, Argentina. 359 p. (Ref. 2806)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 May 2013
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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Growth parameters
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
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Recruitment
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Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
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Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
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Genome
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00955 (0.00639 - 0.01428), b=2.88 (2.77 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies. |
| Generation time | 1.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=1-2; tmax=4; K=0.66). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown. |