Eumicrotremus orbis, Pacific spiny lumpsucker

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Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861)

Pacific spiny lumpsucker
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cyclopteridae (Lumpfishes) > Eumicrotreminae
Etymology: Eumicrotremus: Greek, eu = good + Greek, mikros = little, small + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 0 - 575 m (Ref. 6793). Temperate; 66°N - 46°N

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North Pacific: Chukchi Sea and Sea of Okhotsk to Muroran, Hokkaido (Japan), Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain and Puget Sound, Washington, USA.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 56527); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 100.00 g (Ref. 56527)

Short description Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά): 6 - 7; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά): 9-11; Εδρικές άκανθες 0; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 8 - 10. Caudal narrow and rounded; pectorals with a long base extended to ventral surface, all rays slightly exserted, ventral ones more so; pelvic fins with rays ossified and modified to support all of a large adhesive disc with thickened fringed margin (Ref. 6885). Light to dark green, sometimes light brown dorsally; light brown or plum ventrally; lips lavender; tubercles in males dull orange or reddish brown; tubercles in females are larger and more numerous and pale green (Ref. 6885).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Commonly inshore; often found at low tide attached to rocks (Ref. 2850).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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