FB-9888 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Scombriformes Nomeidae Cubiceps Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845) Kaapse vetkop Kap-tykhovedfisk Cape cigarfish Cape cubiceps Cape fathead 黑褐方头鲳 黑褐方頭鯧 Atimostoma capensis Smith, 1845 Cubiceps gracilis (non Lowe, 1843) 1994-05-02 2013-07-15 Smith, J.L.B.0 The sea fishes of southern Africa. 4th ed. Central News Agency, Ltd., Johannesburg. 580 p. (Ref. 710) Haedrich, R.L.0 Nomeidae. p. 846-850. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4412) Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott0 Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p. (Ref. 5951) Haedrich, R.L.0 Nomeidae. p. 1014-1018. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6891) Eschmeyer, W.N.0 PISCES. 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Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-9888-37242 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2003-04-10 2005-07-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cucap_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Cucap_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 Oceanic, epipelagic or mesopelagic in tropical waters. Feeds mainly on salps (Ref. 33689). Occurs near the surface at night but depth at daytime is not known. Excellent food fish. Haedrich, R.L. 1990 Nomeidae. p. 1014-1018. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6891) FB-DiagnosticDescr-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-02-27 00:00:00 2004-08-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dark brown to deep purple, fins dark (Ref. 4412). Preorbital snout naked or with a few predorsal scales distinctly smaller than those between eyes (Ref 9834). Haedrich, R.L. 1986 Nomeidae. p. 846-850. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4412) FB-Morphology-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-02-27 00:00:00 2004-08-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 23; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 20 - 21; Vertebrae: 31 Haedrich, R.L. 1986 Nomeidae. p. 846-850. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4412) FB-Distribution-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-05-02 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=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Reported from the Mediterranean (Ref. 11228). Last, P.R. 2001 Nomeidae. Driftfishes (cigarfishes). p. 3771-3779. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9834) FB-Uses-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 fisheries: minor commercial; price category: unknown; price reliability: Last, P.R. 2001 Nomeidae. Driftfishes (cigarfishes). p. 3771-3779. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9834) FB-Migration-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) FB-TrophicStrategy-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-04-07 00:00:00 2008-01-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ capensis Oceanic, epipelagic or mesopelagic in tropical waters. Feeds mainly on salps (Ref. 33689). Occurs near the surface at night but depth at daytime is not known. Gorelova, T.A., T.B. Agafonova and N.J. Lipskaya 1994 Feeding of cigarfishes (Genus <i>Cubiceps</i>, Stromateiodei. J. Ichthyol. 34(7):70-82. (Ref. 33689) FB-Size-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2013-07-15 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=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 101 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5951)) Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott 1988 Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p. (Ref. 5951) 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#Size 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-9888 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9888 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 0 - 140 m (Ref. 54802) Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) Parin, N.V. and A.S. Piotrovsky 2004 Stromateoid fishes (Suborder: Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology and fisheries). J. Ichthyol. 44(1):S33-S62. (Ref. 54802)