Scientific Name
Cyclopteropsis inarmatus

Common Name
Bumpy lumpsucker

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10. No bony conical tubercles or spiny plates; skin with low bumps and leathery tubercles lacking subdermal bony plates on head and body, including top of head, chin, throat, pectoral fin base. First dorsal fin overgrown with skin (Ref. 43939).

Classification

Classified By

Mednikov & Prokhorov, 1956

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Lumpfishes (Cyclopteridae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Western Bering Sea between Capes Navarin and Olyutorskiy (Ref. 43939); Sea of Okhotsk off Kamchatka (Ref. 48811).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Polar

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

76 m

Depth To - meters

150 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 76 - 150 m (Ref. 50610)

Trophic Level

3.34 s.e. 0.43 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

6.4 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5078 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (15 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