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Cyclopterus lumpus
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species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers)
OverviewAI-generated
*Cyclopterus lumpus* is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Cyclopteridae. It is classified within the class Teleostei and the phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and has an accepted taxonomic status. Its common names include snotolf, lompe, lumpsucker, Seehase, Lumpfish, and henfish.
The organism is placed in the order Scorpaeniformes according to GBIF data, while WoRMS lists it under the order Perciformes. It is a member of the genus *Cyclopterus*. The species has a regional conservation status of Vulnerable.
Records of *Cyclopterus lumpus* are held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE and CMN. Occurrence data indicates presence in France, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, and Canada. The species has been documented in various sources, including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
henfish
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyCyclopteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 985
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Cyclopteridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CMN
- Recorded in
- France, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Canada, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
Cyclopterus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpsuckers or lumpfish. Its only species is Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish. It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, ranging as far south as the Chesapeake Bay (rare south of New Jersey) on the North American coast and Spain (rare south of the English Channel) on the European coast. The species has been reported twice in the Mediterranean Sea, off Croatia in 2004 and Cyprus in 2017.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyclopterus lumpus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.