Species: Cubiceps pauciradiatus, Bigeye cigarfish, Long-fin fat-head
scales reach onto snout
D 15-18; A II, 14-17
center roof mouth: oval patch knobby teeth
breast - sharp, bony keel
pectorals = long wings
Cubiceps pauciradiatus Günther, 1872
Long-fin fat-head, 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: 60-100 m.
Circumglobal, tropical to temperate; potentially all of the TEP except most of the Gulf of California.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore Only
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Near Surface
- Mid Water
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathypelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Zooplankton
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- All species
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 60
- Depth Range Max
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- 100
- Length Max
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- 20
