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IllustrationBlack fathead
Cubiceps baxteri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Black fathead
- Scientific
- Cubiceps baxteri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Nomeidae (driftfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water, recorded from 1 to 100 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A dark brown to black driftfish with blue eyes, reaching about 1 m. It lives in the open ocean and feeds mainly on salps.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cubiceps-baxteri.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.