Lumpfish
Cyclopterus lumpus
Summary 2
Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers). It is the only member of the genus Cyclopterus. It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, ranging as far south as Chesapeake Bay (rare south of New Jersey) on the North American coast and Spain on the European coast.
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- (c) Joachim S. Müller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/74743437@N00/4500263290
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopterus_lumpus
