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Eumicrotremus spinosus (Fabricius, 1776) 
AphiaID: 127217

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Cyclopteridae (Family) > Eumicrotremus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eumicrotremus Gill, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Cyclopterus spinosus Fabricius, 1776 (basionym)
Lethotremus armouri Fowler, 1914
Sources  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: 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: 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 
English Atlantic spiny lumpsucker  [details]
French petite poule de mer atlantique  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål vortekjeks  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk vortekjeks  [details]
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Subspecies Eumicrotremus spinosus eggvinii Koefoed, 1956 accepted as Eumicrotremus eggvinii Koefoed, 1956
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [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]
North West Atlantic [details]
Ungava Bay [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on amphipods [details]

Distribution: Canadian Arctic to Hudson Bay and Maine [details]

Habitat: Found in cool waters at depths of 60- 930 m over mud, gravelly or rocky bottoms. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Predators: Sharks and rays [details]
Images 
Eumicrotremus spinosus - Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
Eumicrotremus spinosus - Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
added on 2010-09-15 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Eumicrotremus spinosus - ventral view
Eumicrotremus spinosus - ventral view
added on 2010-09-15 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Eumicrotremus - spiny and smooth
Eumicrotremus - spiny and smooth
added on 2011-09-04 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127217
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). Eumicrotremus spinosus (Fabricius, 1776). 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=127217 on 2013-06-19
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