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Cyclopteridae (Lumpfishes)
Etymology: Eumicrotremus: Greek, eu = good + Greek, mikros = little, small + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 930 m (Ref. 58426). Polar, preferred ?; 84°N - 50°N
Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest Pacific: Canadian Arctic to Hudson Bay, Ungava Bay and Labrador in Canada (Ref. 7251). Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Franz Josef Land, Spitsbergen, eastern Greenland, Kara, Latev, Siberian and Chukchi seas and the Sea of Okhotsk.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4701)
Found on mud, gravel or stone bottoms at temperatures below 0° C (Ref. 4701). Young occur in shallower water (Ref. 4701). Benthic; feed on crustaceans and oikopleura (Ref. 58426).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Stein, D.L., 1986. Cyclopteridae. p. 1269-1274. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. III. (Ref. 4701)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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