Species: Cubiceps pauciradiatus, Bigeye Cigarfish

Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872

Bigeye Cigarfish

Body elongate, slender, soft and flexible; eye large, with a fatty ring around it; mouth small, usually ends before eye; teeth small, ~ 1 row on jaws; flattened knob-like teeth on front (an oval patch) and sides (1 row of 3) of roof of mouth, and base of gill arches, an oval patch of flattened knob-like teeth on tongue; 7-9+16-19 gill rakers; 2 dorsal fins, 1st with origin behind pectoral origin; X-XI + I, 15-18; anal fin II, 14-17; pectoral fins long, in adults extend past anal origin, 17-20 rays; pelvic fins insert behind pectoral base; tail fin forked, with blunt tips; lateral line high along back; branched mucous canal along flank; scales moderate, smooth, 46-60 on lateral line, scales along top of head, and snout almost to nostils; a thin sharp bony keel along breast.

Bluey brown, fins dark; inside mouth and gill chamber very dark.

Size: 20 cm.

Habitat: oceanic, juveniles around flotsam.

Depth: 1-90 m at night, 200-1000 m during the day.

Circumglobal, tropical to temperate; Newfoundland to Guyana.