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Coastal Cubehead

Reference

IB2723

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Cubeheads - NOMEIDAE

Common Name

Coastal Cubehead

Scientific Name

Cubiceps whiteleggi

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Driftfishes are named for the habits of the juveniles, which "drift" in oceanic waters and are usually associated with large jellyfishes other cnidarians and ctenophores, floating debris or weed.The juvenile Bluebottle fish lives commensally with the Bluebottle Portuguese Man o'War.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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