smooth lumpsucker

Aptocyclus ventricosus

Cyclopterid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

White
Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
North America
Deep-bodied
Medium
Temperate fish

The smooth lumpfish (Aptocyclus ventricosus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpfishes and lumpsuckers. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Aptocyclus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Aptocyclus
Maximum length: 41 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: North Pacific: Pusan, Korea north (outside the Sea of Okhotsk) to Providence Bay in the Anadyr Gulf of the Bering Sea, throughout the Aleutian Basin and islands, and southeast to Mathieson Channel, British Columbia, Canada.

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