''Cyclopteropsis'' is a

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of marine

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es belonging to the

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Cyclopteridae The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific oceans. The greatest number of species ar ...

, the lumpfishes or lumpsuckers. These small lumpfishes are found in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Taxonomy

''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

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'' still recognises this genus as valid, but ''

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'' treats it as a synonym of ''

Eumicrotremus ''Eumicrotremus'' is a genus of lumpfishes native to the northern oceans. The name for this genus comes from the Greek roots ''eu'' meaning "good", ''mikros'' meaning "small" or "little", and ''trema'' meaning "hole". Taxonomy ''Eumicrotremus'' ...

''.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''

Cyclopteropsis bergi ''Cyclopteropsis bergi'' is a species of lumpfish native to the Northwest Pacific, where it is found at depths of 20 to 200 m (66 to 656 ft). This species reaches 7 cm (2.1 in) in total length and occurs in the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, and ...

'' Popov, 1929 * ''

Cyclopteropsis brashnikowi ''Cyclopteropsis brashnikowi'' is a species of lumpfish native to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Northwest Pacific off of the Kuril Islands, where it is found at a depth of . Adult individuals of the species have been noted to resemble the related sp ...

'' ( P. J. Schmidt, 1904) * '' Cyclopteropsis inarmatus'' Mednikov ( ru) & Prokhorov, 1956 (Bumpy lumpsucker) * '' Cyclopteropsis jordani'' Soldatov, 1929 (Smooth lumpfish) * '' Cyclopteropsis lindbergi'' Soldatov, 1930 * '' Cyclopteropsis mcalpini'' ( Fowler, 1914) (Arctic lumpsucker) * '' Cyclopteropsis popovi'' Soldatov, 1929

References

Cyclopteridae Taxa named by Vladimir Soldatov Taxa described in 1929 {{Cottoidei-stub