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Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 127214

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Cyclopteridae (Family) > Cyclopterus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Cyclopterus Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Cyclopterus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Cyclopterus caeruleus Mitchill, 1815
Cyclopterus coronatus Couch, 1838
Cyclopterus lumpus hudsonius Cox, 1920
Cyclopterus minutus Pallas, 1769
Cyclopterus pavoninus Shaw, 1797
Cyclopterus pyramidatus Shaw, 1804
Lumpus anglorum DeKay, 1842
Lumpus vulgaris McMurtrie, 1831
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 260 [details]


basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Breton mël mean  [details]
Danish stenbider  [details]
Danish steurfisk  [details]
Dutch snotolf  [details]
English henfish  [details]
English lumpfish  [details]
English lumpsucker  [details]
Finnish rasvakala  [details]
Finnish vilukala  [details]
French cycloptère  [details]
French gros mollet  [details]
French grosse poule de mer  [details]
French lièvre de mer  [details]
French lompe  [details]
French poule de mer  [details]
German Seehase  [details]
Icelandic grásleppa  [details]
Icelandic hrognkelsi  [details]
Icelandic rauðmagi  [details]
Norwegian rognkall  [details]
Norwegian rognkjeks  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål rognkjeks  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk rognkjeks  [details]
Polish tasza  [details]
Russian pinagor  [details]
Scottish Gaelic cock-paidle  [details]
Scottish Gaelic paddle-cock  [details]
Swedish kvabbso  [details]
Swedish sjurygg  [details]
Swedish stenbit  [details]
Welsh iâr fôr  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Cyclopterus lumpus hudsonius Cox, 1920 accepted as Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Canada [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Davis Strait [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 18 [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Bay [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
IJsselmeer [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Manicouagan [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Saint Lawrence River [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Host of  Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Bomolochus confusus Stock, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Cresseyus confusus (Stock, 1953) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (49 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (615 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on cnetophores, medusae, small crustaceans, polychaetes, jelly fish and small fishes [details]

Distribution: Hudson Bay to James Bay; Labrador to New Jersey; rarely to Chesapeake Bay and Bermuda [details]

Habitat: Found in cold to temperate waters on rocky bottoms or floating among seaweeds. [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, bait [details]

Predators: Seals [details]

Reproduction: External fertilization; a female can lay up to 14, 000 eggs; male guards eggs [details]
Images 
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclopterus lumpus
added on 2007-12-19 - author: Loonens, Marie-Ange
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Gilson (1921, fig. 54)
Gilson (1921, fig. 54)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Poll (1947, fig. 228)
Poll (1947, fig. 228)
added on 2008-08-13 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Jenkins)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclopterus lumpus
added on 2008-12-12 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Lumpfish - Cyclopterus lumpus
Lumpfish - Cyclopterus lumpus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Van Ginderdeuren, Karl
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Snotolf (Cyclopterus lumpus)
Snotolf (Cyclopterus lumpus)
added on 2010-02-26 - author: Mortelmans, Jonas
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Cyclopterus lumpus - lumpfish (large)
Cyclopterus lumpus - lumpfish (large)
added on 2011-02-23 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
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Cyclopterus lumpus - lumpfish (small)
Cyclopterus lumpus - lumpfish (small)
added on 2011-02-23 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
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Cyclopterus lumpus - lumpfish (tiny)
Cyclopterus lumpus - lumpfish (tiny)
added on 2011-02-23 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclopterus lumpus
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
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Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclopterus lumpus
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
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Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclopterus lumpus
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
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Cyclopterus lumpus - male
Cyclopterus lumpus - male
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127214
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127214 on 2013-06-19
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