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lumpsucker

Marine bony fish so called from the frequent presence of a sucking disc formed from the united ventral fins. It is also distinguished by an absence of scales and the presence of spined plates along its side. Lumpsuckers feed mainly on small crustaceans and jellyfish.

Classification

The lumpsuckers belong to the genus Cyclopterus, family Cyclopteridae, order Scorpaeniformes, class Osteichthyes.



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This display in Tokyo's Epson Aqua Stadium is of Pacific lumpfish, or lumpsuckers, The Ping Pong ball sized fish, or Eumicrotremus pacificus, uses a sucker disc on its belly to stick-like a suction cup to the rocks on the ocean floor where it lives off the island of Hokkaido.
Explain this! by Science World
Perhaps one of them spiny lumpsuckers or nudibranchs might hit the spot.
A native-habitat wonderland? Flat out; In autumn, the Padilla Bay ... by The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
As well as tiny fish, crabs and delicate, coral-like seaweeds, you might find lumpsuckers - also known as lumpfish - which are grey-blue, scaleless, flabby fish, about 30cm (1ft) long, with a large sucker on their undersides, which they use to attach themselves to rocks.
TRAVEL; Britain's spectacular wildlife is only a day trip away, ... by The Daily Mail (London, England)
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