WoRMS taxon details
Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861)
254535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254535)
accepted
Species
Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Eumicrotremus orbis orbis (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Eumicrotremus togedango Kuronuma, 1943 · unaccepted
Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895 · unaccepted
Microtremus orbis (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
- Subspecies Eumicrotremus orbis andriashevi Perminov, 1936 accepted as Eumicrotremus andriashevi Perminov, 1936
- Subspecies Eumicrotremus orbis orbis (Günther, 1861) accepted as Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861) (senior synonym)
- Subspecies Eumicrotremus orbis taranetzi Perminov, 1936 accepted as Eumicrotremus taranetzi Perminov, 1936
- Subspecies Eumicrotremus orbis tartaricus Lindberg & Legeza, 1955 accepted as Eumicrotremus tartaricus Lindberg & Legeza, 1955
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254535 on 2026-07-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Eumicrotremus togedango Kuronuma, 1943) Kuronuma, K. (1943). A new species of Eumicrotremus from Paramushir. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 13(13): 91-94. [details]
original description (of Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895) Jordan, D. S.; Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104. [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Eumicrotremus togedango Kuronuma, 1943) Kuronuma, K. (1943). A new species of Eumicrotremus from Paramushir. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 13(13): 91-94. [details]
original description (of Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895) Jordan, D. S.; Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104. [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (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
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific spiny lumpsucker | [details] |
| French | petite poule de mer ronde | [details] |
| Japanese | イボダンゴ | [details] |
| Russian | Шаровидный круглопер | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eumicrotremus orbis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eumicrotremus togedango Kuronuma, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eumicrotremus orbis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eumicrotremus togedango Kuronuma, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 51 proteins) (from synonym Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS