Bigeye cigarfish

Cubiceps pauciradiatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth25–734 m
Water temperature10–30 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and November
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Cubiceps pauciradiatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nomeidae (driftfishes).

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cubiceps pauciradiatus”, 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: 10 records
February: 7 records
March: 24 records
April: 19 records
May: 8 records
June: 25 records
July: 17 records
August: 159 records
September: 127 records
October: 109 records
November: 166 records
December: 30 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 25–734 m · Deepest record: 3,291.8 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 6 records
60–70 m: 4 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 10 records
110+ m: 103 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–30 °C

8–10 °C: 3 records
10–12 °C: 6 records
12–14 °C: 6 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 14 records
18–20 °C: 17 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 27 records
24–26 °C: 111 records
26–28 °C: 277 records
28–30 °C: 147 records

Names and classification

English: Bigeye cigarfish, Gunther's nomeid fish, bigeye cigarfish, Bigeye cigarfish, Longfin fathead, Keeled Cubehead, Longfin Cubehead, longfin fathead

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: derivante ojón
French: pompile paucirayonné
Japanese: Hosokimedai, ホソオキメダイ
Simplified Chinese: 少鰭方頭鯧, 肉鯧

Other scientific names: Cubiceps athenae, Cubiceps carinatus, Cubiceps longimanus, Cubiceps nesiotes

Similar species

cigarfish
Cubiceps whiteleggii
Cape cigarfish
Cubiceps capensis
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).
1,526 open-data records from 1950 to 2025.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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