Driftfishes - Family: Nomeidae
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Black Cubehead - Cubiceps baxteri
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Cape Cubehead - Cubiceps capensis
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Coastal Cubehead - Cubiceps whiteleggii
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Blue-bottle Fish - Nomeus gronovii
Dusky Driftfish - Psenes arafurensis
cyanophrys Driftfish - Freckled arafurensis
Hill's Driftfish - Psenes hillii
Blue-fin Driftfish - Psenes pellucidus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Scombriformes (Mackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes and Allies)
> Suborder: Stromateoidei
> Family: Nomeidae (Driftfishes)
> Genus: Cubiceps
> Species: C. baxteri - Black Cubehead
> Species: C. capensis - Cape Cubehead
> Species: C. whiteleggii - Coastal Cubehead
> Genus: Nomeus
> Species: N. gronovii - Blue-bottle Fish
> Genus: Psenes
> Species: P. arafurensis - Dusky Driftfish
> Species: P. cyanophrys - Freckled Driftfish
> Species: P. hillii - Hill's Driftfish ^
> Species: P. pellucidus - Blue-fin Driftfish
^ = possibly
* = likely
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