Eumicrotremus

Eumicrotremus is a genus of lumpfishes native to the northern oceans. The name for this genus comes from the Greek roots eu meaning "good", mikros meaning "small" or "little", and trema meaning "hole".[1]

Eumicrotremus
Eumicrotremus orbis
Eumicrotremus pacificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Eumicrotremus
T. N. Gill, 1862

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus (two additional species have been moved to Georgimarinus and Microancathus):

  • Eumicrotremus andriashevi Perminov, 1936
    • E. a. aculeatus Voskoboinikova & Nazarkin, 2015 (Andriashev's spicular-spiny pimpled lumpsucker) [2]
    • E. a. andriashevi Perminov, 1936 (Andriashev's spiny pimpled lumpsucker)
  • Eumicrotremus asperrimus (S. Tanaka (I), 1912)
  • Eumicrotremus derjugini Popov, 1926 (Leather-fin lumpsucker)
  • Eumicrotremus eggvinii Koefoed, 1956 (Eggvin's lumpsucker) [3]
  • Eumicrotremus gyrinops (Garman, 1892)
  • Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861) (Pacific spiny lumpsucker)
  • Eumicrotremus pacificus P. Y. Schmidt, 1904
  • Eumicrotremus phrynoides C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Toad lumpsucker)
  • Eumicrotremus schmidti Lindberg & Legeza, 1955
  • Eumicrotremus soldatovi Popov, 1930
  • Eumicrotremus spinosus (J. C. Fabricius, 1776) (Atlantic spiny lumpsucker)
  • Eumicrotremus taranetzi Perminov, 1936
  • Eumicrotremus tartaricus Lindberg & Legeza, 1955
  • Eumicrotremus terraenovae G. S. Myers & J. E. Böhlke, 1950

References
  1. "Eumicrotremus orbis summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Nazarkin, M.V. (2015): Redescription of Andriashev’s spiny pimpled lumpsucker Eumicrotremus andriashevi and designation of a new subspecies E. andriashevi aculeatus ssp. n. (Cyclopteridae). Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (2): 155-161.
  3. Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Chernova, N.V. (2016): Revalidation of the Eggvin lumpsucker Eumicrotremus eggvinii (Cyclopteridae) and its new finding near Franz Josef Land (Barents Sea). Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (1): 31-36.


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