WoRMS taxon details
Lumpenus lampretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792)
154675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154675)
accepted
Species
Blennius gracilis Stuwitz, 1838 · unaccepted
Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Blennius serpentinus Storer, 1855 · unaccepted
Centrnotus islandicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Clinus mohrii Krøyer, 1836 · unaccepted
Clinus nebulosus Fries, 1838 · unaccepted
Lumpenus ampetraeformis terraenovae Vladykov, 1935 · unaccepted
Lumpenus gracilis Reinhardt, 1837 · unaccepted
Lumpenus lampetraeformis (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lumpenus lampetraeformis americanus Vladykov, 1935 · unaccepted
Lumpenus lampetraeformis terraenovae Vladykov, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874
page(s): 184, 700, 702 [details]
page(s): 184, 700, 702 [details]
Distribution Newfoundland and Labrador to Massachusetts Bay
Distribution Newfoundland and Labrador to Massachusetts Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lumpenus lampretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154675 on 2026-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874
page(s): 184, 700, 702 [details]
original description (of Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874 [details]
basis of record Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 184, 700, 702 [details]
original description (of Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874 [details]
basis of record Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, brittle stars and worms [details]Distribution Newfoundland and Labrador to Massachusetts Bay [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 50- 200 m burrowing into the mud. [details]
Predators Cod, pollock, hake [details]
Reproduction Spawns from December through January, lays eggs on the sea floor [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | spidshalet langebarn | [details] |
| Dutch | Ijslandse bandvis | [details] |
| English | snakeblennysnake blenny | [details] |
| French | lompénie-serpent | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | langhalet langebarn | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | langhala langebarn | [details] |
| Swedish | spetsstjärtat långebarnspetslångebarn | [details] |
| Welsh | llyfrothen fain | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clinus nebulosus Fries, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lumpenus gracilis Reinhardt, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Blennius gracilis Stuwitz, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Blennius serpentinus Storer, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Lumpenus lampetraeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clinus mohrii Krøyer, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lumpenus lampretaeformis)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus lampetraeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius gracilis Stuwitz, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus gracilis Reinhardt, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Clinus nebulosus Fries, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Clinus mohrii Krøyer, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrnotus islandicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus ampetraeformis terraenovae Vladykov, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus lampetraeformis americanus Vladykov, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius serpentinus Storer, 1855)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 116 proteins) (from synonym Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 116 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clinus nebulosus Fries, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lumpenus gracilis Reinhardt, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Blennius gracilis Stuwitz, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Blennius serpentinus Storer, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Lumpenus lampetraeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clinus mohrii Krøyer, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lumpenus lampretaeformis)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus lampetraeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius gracilis Stuwitz, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus gracilis Reinhardt, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Clinus nebulosus Fries, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Clinus mohrii Krøyer, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrnotus islandicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus ampetraeformis terraenovae Vladykov, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Lumpenus lampetraeformis americanus Vladykov, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius serpentinus Storer, 1855)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 116 proteins) (from synonym Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 116 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym
