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(Ref. 123424) FB-DiagnosticDescr-3919 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-05-29 00:00:00 2015-05-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3919 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Description: D X,24; A III,23 V 7, sp.br. 11 + 1 + 18 (29), amount of caudal fin rim rays 9-11 (table); small scales, easily falling (103 scales go along lateral line of body); snout top (higher than nostrils) and preorbital space without scales; original 'high temples'; body elongated, its height fits within SL approximately five times, and head length fits into SL 3.3 times and is larger than body height; snout relatively long and fits within head length three times; small eye, its diameter fits 5.6 times within head length and 1.9 times within snout length; small mouth; end of upper jawbone does not reach vertical of eye diameter; teeth at vomer and tongue not visible; with palatine teeth; deep groove exists between abdominal and proctal fins; long pectoral fin, its length slightly larger than head length and fits within SL more than three times; antedorsal distance fits 2.8 times within SL; anteanal, 1.7 times; long caudal peduncle, its height fits 1.6 times within length; 9 rays in upper blade of caudal fin; 11 rays in lower blade; gill rakers short, gill raker length fits 2.2 times within gill petal length (Ref. 102053). Kukuev, E.I. and S.Y. Gulyugin 2015 First finding of Giant fathead (<i>Cubiceps paradoxus</i>, Nomeidae) in the Atlantic Ocean (Coast of Mauritania). J. Ichthyol. 55(2):273-277. (Ref. 102053) FB-Morphology-3919 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-05-29 00:00:00 2015-05-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3919 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 20 - 23 Kukuev, E.I. and S.Y. Gulyugin 2015 First finding of Giant fathead (<i>Cubiceps paradoxus</i>, Nomeidae) in the Atlantic Ocean (Coast of Mauritania). J. Ichthyol. 55(2):273-277. (Ref. 102053) FB-Distribution-3919 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-03-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3919 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Eastern Central Pacific: USA. Eastern Central Atlantic: Mauritania. Kukuev, E.I. and S.Y. Gulyugin 2015 First finding of Giant fathead (<i>Cubiceps paradoxus</i>, Nomeidae) in the Atlantic Ocean (Coast of Mauritania). J. Ichthyol. 55(2):273-277. (Ref. 102053) FB-Size-3919 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3919 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 127 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 102053)) Kukuev, E.I. and S.Y. Gulyugin 2015 First finding of Giant fathead (<i>Cubiceps paradoxus</i>, Nomeidae) in the Atlantic Ocean (Coast of Mauritania). J. Ichthyol. 55(2):273-277. (Ref. 102053) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-3919 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3919 pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 165 - 400 m (Ref. 102053) Kukuev, E.I. and S.Y. Gulyugin 2015 First finding of Giant fathead (<i>Cubiceps paradoxus</i>, Nomeidae) in the Atlantic Ocean (Coast of Mauritania). J. Ichthyol. 55(2):273-277. (Ref. 102053)