Cyclopteropsis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cyclopteridae |
Genus: |
Cyclopteropsis Soldatov & Popov, 1929 |
Type species | |
Cyclopteropsis bergi Popov, 1929
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cyclopteropsis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpfishes or lumpsuckers. These small lumpfishes are found in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
Cyclopteropsis was first proposed as a genus in 1929 by the Russian ichthyologists Vladimir Konstantinovich Soldatov and Alexander Mikhailovich Popov designating Cyclopteropsis bergi as the type species. [1] FishBase still recognises this genus as valid, [2] but Catalog of Fishes treats it as a synonym of Eumicrotremus. [1]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [2]
Cyclopteropsis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cyclopteridae |
Genus: |
Cyclopteropsis Soldatov & Popov, 1929 |
Type species | |
Cyclopteropsis bergi Popov, 1929
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cyclopteropsis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpfishes or lumpsuckers. These small lumpfishes are found in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
Cyclopteropsis was first proposed as a genus in 1929 by the Russian ichthyologists Vladimir Konstantinovich Soldatov and Alexander Mikhailovich Popov designating Cyclopteropsis bergi as the type species. [1] FishBase still recognises this genus as valid, [2] but Catalog of Fishes treats it as a synonym of Eumicrotremus. [1]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [2]