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Family Nomeidae — Driftfishes or Flotsamfishes
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Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923. Black Fathead. To 115 cm (45.3 in) SL (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984);
to at least 42 cm (16.5 in) SL (Last in Carpenter and Niem 2001). Circumglobal; Japan (Nakabo in
Nakabo 2002); southern California (32°N) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Islas Galápagos (Grove
and Lavenberg 1997). Not in oxygen minimum layer off Mexico and central America (Watson in Moser
1996). Epipelagic (Watson in Moser 1996).
Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1845). Cape Cigarfish or Cape Fathead. To 100 m (39.3 in) TL (Agafonova 1994).
Apparently circumglobal in subtropical and temperate waters (Agafonova 1994); one specimen taken
145 km (90 mi) west-southwest of Morro Bay, central California (35°08'N, 122°24'W; McCosker et al.
2004). Pelagic.
Cubiceps paradoxus Butler, 1979. Longfin Cigarfish. To 70 cm (27.5 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
North Pacific; in western Pacific as far north as southern Kuril Islands (Savinykh 1998); Palos Verdes,
southern California (Butler 1979).
Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin, 1789). Man-of-War Fish. To 40 cm (15.7 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002).
Circumglobal; Punta Gorda (23°05'N, 109°33'W) and near tip of southern Baja California (Fitch 1953)
to Peru (Robertson and Allen 2002), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Juveniles
epipelagic; adults deeper, possibly benthopelagic (Watson in Moser 1996).
Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880. Bluefin Driftfish. To 80 cm (31.5 in) TL (Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986).
Circumglobal; Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) and southern Kuril Islands (Parin 2003); Santa Catalina
Island, southern California (Ahlstrom et al. 1976) to southern end of Baja California (Watson in Moser
1996) and about 5°N (Ahlstrom et al. 1976) to northwest of Callao, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez
1998), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Juveniles epipelagic, adults mesopelagic
and possibly bathypelagic (Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986) to depths of at least 1,000 m (3,280 ft;
Robertson and Allen 2002).
Psenes sio Haedrich, 1970. Sio Driftfish or Twospine Driftfish. To 24 cm (9.5 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Eastern Pacific; southern Baja California (Ahlstrom et al. 1976) to Punta Doña Maria, Peru
(Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Galván-Magaña et al. 1996) and Islas
Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Surface to 500 m (1,640 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Family Tetragonuridae — Squaretails
Tetragonurus atlanticus Lowe, 1839. Bigeye Squaretail. To 50 cm (19.7 in) SL (Haedrich in Whitehead et al.
1986). Circumglobal; in eastern Pacific from central Baja California (28°N; Watson in Moser 1996) to
Chile (Pequeño 1989) and west of Islas Galápagos (Ahlstrom et al. 1976). Larvae and juveniles have been
reported off eastern Japan (Okamoto et al. 2001). Oceanic; young fish epipelagic, adults presumably
mesopelagic (Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986).
Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810. Smalleye Squaretail. To 70 cm (27.6 in) SL (Haedrich in Whitehead et al.
1986). Circumglobal; Japan to south of Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Chile (Pequeño
1989). Oceanic pelagic; young fish near surface, adults to about 700 m (2,296 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Family Stromateidae — Butterfishes
Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860). Pacific Butterfish or Pacific Pompano. To about 28 cm (11 in) TL (Clemens
and Wilby 1961). Eastern North Pacific; Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia (Clemens and Wilby
1961) to Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California and Gulf of California (Miller and Lea 1972).
Pelagic neritic, surf zone and to about 91 m (300 ft) (min.: Carlisle et al. 1960; max.: Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983), reported to 311 m (1,026 ft; RACE).