Image: Lumpfish in an aquarium
A species of lumpfish photographed in an aquarium at the Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan.
- Photographer:
- Mark McGrouther
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- English common name: none. Japanese common name: Fusen-uo.
- Scientific name:
- Eumicrotremus pacificus
- Family:
- Cyclopteridae
- Order:
- Scorpaeniformes
Additional information
Lumpfishes occur in northern regions of the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. They are characterised by their pelvic fins, which form a sucking disc. The fish in the image is using its sucking disc to hold onto a rock.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Lumpfish, Cyclopteridae, Eumicrotremus pacificus, Fusen-uo,