Cape cigarfish
Cubiceps capensis
- Usual depth85–444 m
- Water temperature14–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, April, and September
- How commonRare
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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: 4 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 85–444 m · Deepest record: 1,097 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C
Photos
(c) D. ROSS ROBERTSON, ARTURO ANGULO, CAROLE C. BALDWIN, DIANE PITASSY, AMY DRISKELL, LEE WEIGT, IGNACIO J.F. NAVARRO, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) HulloThere, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
- English
- Cape cigarfish, Cape cubehead, Cape fathead, Cape Cubiceps, Cape fathead, Cape cigarfish
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- pompile du cap
- Japanese
- ハナスベオキメダイ
Other scientific names: Atimostoma capensis
Similar species
cigarfishCubiceps whiteleggii
- Bigeye cigarfish
Cubiceps pauciradiatus
- Cigarfish
Cubiceps baxteri
- 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).
- 50 open-data records from 1930 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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