Cyclopteropsis

Cyclopteropsis is a genus of small lumpfishes native to the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Cyclopteropsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Cyclopteropsis
Soldatov & Popov, 1929

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cyclopteropsis bergi Popov, 1929
  • Cyclopteropsis brashnikowi (P. J. Schmidt, 1904)
  • Cyclopteropsis inarmatus Mednikov (ru) & Prokhorov, 1956 (Bumpy lumpsucker)
  • Cyclopteropsis jordani Soldatov, 1929 (Smooth lumpfish)
  • Cyclopteropsis lindbergi Soldatov, 1930
  • Cyclopteropsis mcalpini (Fowler, 1914) (Arctic lumpsucker)
  • Cyclopteropsis popovi Soldatov, 1929

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyclopteropsis in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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