Sealife guideThe lumpfishCyclopterus lumpus
Last updated on 02/15/2024 at 11:45 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Lumpfish, lumpsucker
- French name: Lompe ou poule de mer, gros mollet, cycloptère
- Spanish name: Liebre de mar,lompa
- Scientific name: Cyclopterus lumpus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Family name: Cyclopteridae
- Order name: Carangiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii

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