Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cubiceps pauciradiatus
flotador largo aleta, derivante ojón, pez medusa, flotador largo aleta, Bigeye cigarfish, Longfin fathead
Size> Grows to lengths of at least 46 cm.
Habitat: Adults inhabit deep water, juveniles are found in near-surface waters, in association with floating debris and sea grass. Juveniles easily dipnetted around floating objects.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Suborder
Stromateoidei
Family
Nomeidae
Genus
Cubiceps
Species
pauciradiatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical, and temperate Pacific waters, in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California to Peru, and all oceanic islands.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cubiceps pauciradiatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14064. Accessed 7 June 2026.