Cigarfish
Cubiceps baxteri
- Usual depth1–900 m
- Water temperature12–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, October, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Cubiceps is a genus of driftfishes found circumglobally.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cubiceps”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 15 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 16 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–900 m · Deepest record: 2,574.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 12–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cigarfish, Black Cigarfish, Black Cubehead, Black fathead, cigarfish, Cubehead
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Okimedai, オキメダイ
Similar species
cigarfishCubiceps whiteleggii
- Bigeye cigarfish
Cubiceps pauciradiatus
Cape cigarfishCubiceps capensis
- Blue Cubehead
Cubiceps caeruleus
- Longfin cigarfish
Cubiceps gracilis
- Dwarf cigarfish
Cubiceps nanus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 276 open-data records from 1938 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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