Longfin cigarfish

Cubiceps gracilis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth78–1,600 m
Water temperature10–29 °C
Best monthsApril and June
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 2 records
April: 31 records
May: 4 records
June: 32 records
July: 6 records
August: 5 records
September: 4 records
October: 0 records
November: 0 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 78–1,600 m · Deepest record: 3,800 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 78 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–29 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 5 records
12–14 °C: 17 records
14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 30 records
18–20 °C: 11 records
20–22 °C: 12 records
22–24 °C: 27 records
24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Longfin cigarfish, Driftfish, Driftfish, Longfin Cigarfish, longfin cigarfish

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Savorín
French: Dérivant, Dérivant Brun, Dérivant grêle

Other scientific names: Aphareus obtusirostris, Cubiceps lowei, Navarchus sulcatus, Psenes gracilis, Seriola gracilis, Trachelocirrhus mediterraneus

Similar species

cigarfish
Cubiceps whiteleggii
Bigeye cigarfish
Cubiceps pauciradiatus
Cape cigarfish
Cubiceps capensis
Cigarfish
Cubiceps baxteri
Blue Cubehead
Cubiceps caeruleus
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
495 open-data records from 1926 to 2012.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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