Biology:Cyclopteropsis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cyclopteropsis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Cyclopteropsis
Soldatov & Popov, 1929
Type species
Cyclopteropsis bergi
Popov, 1929[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclopterocottus Popov, 1930
  • Voskoboinikova & Nazarkin, 2015 Georgimarinus

Cyclopteropsis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, 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 type species.[1] FishBase still recognises this genus as valid,[2] but Catalog of Fishes treats it as a synonym of Eumicrotremus.[1]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1863687 entry