Shadow driftfish

Cubiceps whiteleggii

Nomeid Fish beneath Japanese Waters

Shadow driftfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 21 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Mackerels, Tunas, and Allies
Family: Nomeidae
Genus: Cubiceps
Maximum length: 21 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: probably widely distribtuted in tropical and warm-temperate waters of the Indian Ocean (excluding the Red Sea) and from Japan to eastern Australia.

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