Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 24; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19 - 22; Vertebrae: 31. Dark brown in color, large specimens black; median fins dark, pectorals pale; eye blue (Ref. 4412).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Nomeidae

Genus: Cubiceps

Species: Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923

Climate Zone

Location

• Atlantic and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. A single record to date from the Indian Ocean.

Biology

An oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic species (Ref. 6891). Feeds mainly on salps (Ref. 33689). Potentially valuable food fish in warm temperate and tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific (Ref. 9811). May be caught using a pelagic trawl (Ref. 33689).

Habitat

oceanic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless