Scientific Name
Eumicrotremus derjugini

Common Name
Leatherfin lumpsucker

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13. Caudal fin rounded. Dorsal fin spines not visible (Ref. 4379). Olive, darker dorsally (Ref. 4379).

Classification

Classified By

Popov, 1926

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Lumpfishes (Cyclopteridae)

Distribution

Region

Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest Pacific

Distribution

Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest Pacific: Canadian Arctic to Hudson Bay, Ungava Bay and Labrador in Canada (Ref. 7251). Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Franz Josef Land, Spitsbergen, eastern Greenland, Kara, Latev, Siberian and Chukchi seas and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Range

84°N - 50°N

Environment

Climate

Polar

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

50 m

Depth To - meters

930 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 930 m (Ref. 58426)

Trophic Level

3.25 s.e. 0.34 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

10.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated