Family : Nomeidae (Driftfishes)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Shadow driftfish
Fish Name : Cubiceps whiteleggii
Max size : 20.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9834)
Environment : benthopelagic ; depth range 180 - 550 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of potential interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)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.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 11-13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-21; Anal spines: 2-3; Anal soft rays: 17-20; Vertebrae: 31-32. Light to dark brown, fins dark; eye blue; young with dark band near base of tail (Ref. 4412). Body moderately elongate and compressed. Ventral profile very convex. Caudal peduncle moderately deep, compressed, lacking scutes or keels. Snout blunt, forehead slightly arched. Mouth small, terminal or slightly inferior, barely reaching beyond anterior margin of eye. Upper jaw not protractile, almost totally covered by lacrimal (preorbital) bone when mouth closed. Eye large , its diameter subequal to snout length, slightly smaller than interorbit, centered on upper half of head. Low ridge extending over eye. Jaw teeth small, in a single series. Palatine teeth more elongate, in single row. Vomerine tooth patch small. Single median row of teeth on tongue (Ref 9834).
Biology : Found near continental and insular margins (Ref. 9834)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Haedrich, R.L.. 1986. (Ref. 4412)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses