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Cubiceps caeruleus (Blue cubehead; Blue fathead; Cubehead)

Synonyms: Cubiceps caerulus; Cubiceps coeruleus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Cubiceps caeruleus, the blue fathead or cubehead, is a species of driftfish native to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It is a pelagic fish that can be found at depths of from 20 to 250 metres (66 to 820 ft). It mostly feeds on salps. This species can reach a length of 25.6 centimetres (10.1 in) TL.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  

Predators

Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)[1]
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Yellow-nosed Albatross)[2]
Thunnus maccoyii (Tunny)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Camallanus carangis[4]
Lecithocladium magnacetabulum[4]
Prosorchis saicevi[4]
Scolex pleuronectis[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1DIET OF THE STRIPED DOLPHIN, Stenella coeruleoalba, IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN, William F. Perrin, Kelly M. Robertson, and William A. Walker, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, March 2008
♦ 2Effect of environmental variability on habitat selection, diet, provisioning behaviour and chick growth in yellow-nosed albatrosses, David Pinaud, Yves Cherel, Henri Weimerskirch, MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, Vol. 298: 295–304, 2005
♦ 3Feeding ecology and niche segregation in oceanic top predators off eastern Australia, Jock W. Young, Matt J. Lansdell, Robert A. Campbell, Scott P. Cooper, Francis Juanes, Michaela A. Guest, Mar Biol (2010) 157:2347–2368
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0