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Lumpfishes
Cyclopteridae
Lumpsuckers or lumpfish are mostly small scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Cyclopteridae. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific oceans. The greatest number of species are found in the North Pacific.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Typical Lumpsuckers
subfamilyCyclopterinae
Spiny Lumpsuckers
subfamilyEumicrotreminae
Smooth Lumpsuckers
subfamilyLiparopsinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60604.