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  lumpsucker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lumpsuckers or Lumpfish are mostly small scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Cyclopteridae.
While the lateral line in Lumpsuckers is otherwise reduced or absent, it is well developed in the head; some species even have tubular, whisker-like external projections of the opercular canal, which is a part of the cranial lateral line system.
Pacific cod and Sablefish are known predators of Lumpsuckers, the latter capable of inflating themselves with water, presumably as a defensive tactic.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /lumpsucker.html   (573 words)

  
 Strange fish: lumpsuckers
Lumpsucker fish are well known for their possession of a powerful suction disk that is formed from the pelvic fins.
The lumpsucker fish is known to hold on to any object it attaches itself to with great force requiring a good amount of strength to separate the two.
Lumpsucker fish are from the Cyclopteridae family of lump fishes but are sometimes put into the distinct family Cyclopterinae since lump fishes differ considerably in appearance.
ks.essortment.com /strangefish_rwqs.htm   (627 words)

  
 Atlantic spiny lumpsucker - Eumicrotremus spinosus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although this is perhaps the most common member of the lumpsucker family in the Arctic, little is known of its biology.
The Atlantic spiny lumpsucker has a short, stout body that is thickest just before the dorsal fin and tapers significantly to the caudal peduncle.
The Atlantic spiny lumpsucker occurs across the Canadian Arctic to Greenland, from Hudson Bay, south along the coast of Labrador to the Grand Banks, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off Nova Scotia.
www.arctic.uoguelph.ca /cpl/organisms/fish/marine/lumpfish/spiny.htm   (184 words)

  
 Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) otoliths: dissection, mounting and age-reading / Rapporter / Publikasjoner / ...
Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) otoliths: dissection, mounting and age-reading
The precision of age estimates increased as a result of training and discussions in the group, but was hampered by the lack of verifications available at the time of reading.
After the workshop, the resulting age-length relationship was compared to new estimates of length-composition of juvenile lumpsucker prior to and after the migration from the coast.
www.norut.no /fiskeriforskning/publikasjoner/rapporter/lumpsucker_cyclopterus_lumpus_otoliths_dissection_mounting_and_age_reading   (226 words)

  
 Pacific spiny lumpsucker Information Page
A lot of people who see Pacific spiny lumpsuckers for the first time describe them as a ping-pong ball with fins.
They are quite common, ranging from the waters off the Washington coast, up around the arc of the Aleutian Islands, to the Asian mainland and the northern islands of Japan, and in the Bering Sea.
A giant Pacific spiny lumpsucker is five inches long, but most are closer to an inch.
www.nmfs.noaa.gov /speciesid/fish_page/fish68a.html   (116 words)

  
 UK Files - Lumpfish - DIVERNET from Diver Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As its name suggests, the lumpsucker is among the least graceful of fish and has even been described as grotesque.
Lumpsuckers are usually classified as an incidental fishing catch.
Males will attempt to stop creatures such as crabs and starfish devouring the eggs they guard, but their chief task is probably to aerate the clump by fanning it with their fins and pushing their head into it (look out for the hollows in the clump where this has happened).
www.divernet.com /biolog/0401lump.htm   (360 words)

  
 lumpsucker ( cyclopterus Lumpus) - European Federation of Sea Angling
The male lumpsucker is assigned the task of protecting the eggs.
The lumpsucker can be found in the eastern atlantic from Iceland down to Spain.Its diet consists mainly of medusas, small crustaceans, polychaetes, jelly fish and small fishes.
The lumpsucker earned the name from its ability to cling to any smooth surface.
www.efsa.co.uk /record/lumpsucker.htm   (163 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lumpsucker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lethotremus Smooth Lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus), somewhat inflated as a defensive response.
Dorsal Fin of the Orca A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of fishes, whales, dolphins and porpoises.
The gas bladder (also fish maw, less accurately swim bladder or air bladder) is an internal organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy, and thus to stay at the current water depth, ascend, or descend without having to waste energy in swimming.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lumpsucker   (1392 words)

  
 Lumpsucker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first of the two dorsal fins is spinous, with 4-8 spines; in some species, this fin is completely overgrown with skin and therefore not visible.
With the exception of the Smooth Lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) at 40.5 centimetres, all other species are under 14 centimetres in length.
Toad and Pacific Spiny Lumpsuckers demonstrating adhesive pelvic discs
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lumpsucker   (545 words)

  
 Lumpsucker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lumpsuckers o el lumpfish es sobre todo pez marino del scorpaeniform pequeño de la familia Cyclopteridae.
Se nombra Lumpsuckers apropiadamente bastante; sus cuerpos portly son casi esféricos con la coloración generalmente monótona y patrones lithic.
Lumpsuckers es grupo mal estudiado, con sabido poco un su comportamiento y biología.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/lu/Lumpsucker.htm   (623 words)

  
 Basic information for Cyclopterus lumpus (Lumpsucker)
The ventral fins of the lumpsucker are modified to form a suction disc used to cling to rocky substrates.
The skin is coloured slate grey to blue and is scaleless.
Eggs of the lumpsucker are also commercially harvested as a form of caviar.
www.marlin.ac.uk /species/Cyclopteruslumpus.htm   (236 words)

  
 Åke Granmo (English)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The objectives of the study are to reveal the effects of chemicals from antifouling paints on the development of the lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) - in situ and under laboratory conditions.
Laboratory studies are based on the use of flowthrough conditions with different concentrations, while in the field studies we use cages with eggs and larvae.
The eggs of the lumpsucker are allowed to glue to glass slides following fertilization.
www.marecol.gu.se /projengl/akegranmopen.html   (524 words)

  
 null   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
What John Angus had found turned out to be a lumpsucker fish, which, although unusual looking, is not uncommon in British waters.
Lumpsucker fish are well known for their possession of a powerful suction disc that is formed from the pelvic fins.
The juveniles have a prominent dorsal fin, that becomes covered with skin in the adult stage of life, while the lumps on the skin of the lumpsucker fish are in four diagonal rows along the sides and quite noticeable due to their size.
www.mortonnewspapers.com /servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Newspaper/Article&pid=1034254631790&cid=1045579515721   (319 words)

  
 Available MSc:Maternal effects in the lumpsucker. - CEES home
It is increasingly being recognized that maternal traits, such as age and body size, are important determinants of offspring fitness and recruitment in marine fish populations.
The lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus, rognkjeks in Norwegian) is likely a very good model species for detailed studies on maternal effects in marine fish.
The present project aims at describing maternal effects in the lumpsucker, by capturing parent fish from the wild and rearing their offspring in captivity.
www.cees.no /content/view/64/2   (221 words)

  
 Lumpsucker - Cyclopterus lumpus
The lumpsucker lives along the entire Norwegian coast.
Characteristics: The lumpsucker earned the name from its ability to cling to any smooth surface.
It has a sucking disk formed by the two united ventral fins.
www.seawater.no /fauna/Fisk/rognkjeks.htm   (188 words)

  
 DEFRA Science
Pilot scale studies of lumpsucker culture have shown that the animal is potentially capable of being grown on a commercial scale using existing aquaculture resources currently utilised by the salmon farming industry.
This three phase investigation will assess in detail the potential of the lumpsucker as a culture animal in comparison with existing farmed fish species.
Markets for lumpsucker caviar already exist in the UK, but trials will be undertaken to attempt to re-establish smoked lumpsucker flesh as a food product.
www.defra.gov.uk /science/areas/aquatic/details.asp22.htm   (370 words)

  
 Eumicrotremus spinosus
Petite poule de mer atlantique, Atlantic spiny lumpsucker...
Lumpfish - Cyclopterus lumpus; Atlantic spiny lumpsucker - Eumicrotremus spinosus.
Atlantic Spiny Lumpsucker © Erling Svensen Atlantic Spiny Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus spinosus).
specieslist.com /fish_species/F/Eumicrotremus_spinosus.shtml   (1055 words)

  
 Lumpsucker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lumpsuckers are also commonly called seahens or henfish for the care this fish exhibits for unhatched eggs.
The male lumpsucker fish shows parental devotion to the small eggs, even devotion to the point of death.
Aerating the eggs by fanning his tail, the male lumpsucker will stand guard over the eggs as weeks of tides and predators threaten his life.
www.alientravelguide.com /science/biology/life/animals/chordata/vertebra/osteicht/scorpaen/lumpsuck.htm   (86 words)

  
 Oregon Magazine
Spiny lumpsuckers are very inefficient swimmers and seem to prefer being attached to something solid, such as a rock, log or kelp.
Spiny lumpsuckers have been compared to tiny helicopters or ping-pong balls with fins.
Their fins are small and nearly invisible, giving the illusion of a rotund little fish hovering and moving about in no apparently predictable direction and with no visible means of support.
www.oregonmag.com /SeaCritter402.htm   (312 words)

  
 Eumicrotremus spinosus
Atlantic spiny lumpsucker - Eumicrotremus spinosus: Atlantic Spiny Lumpsucker, Eumicrotremus spinosus The Atlantic spiny lumpsucker is a strange looking, olive-brown fish that has no scales, but is instead...
Lumpfishes and Snailfishes (Cyclopteridae):...species from this family occur in the Arctic: Atlantic seasnail (Liparis atlanticus) Atlantic spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus spinosus) arctic lumpsucker...
Eumicrotremus spinosus 4185 Atlantic spiny lumpsucker Azores Is. English Vernacular...
www.specieslist.com /fish_species/F/Eumicrotremus_spinosus.shtml   (1055 words)

  
 From lumpfish to limpets, tide-pool walks explore an amazing world of curious creatures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On these occasions -- always at night in winter -- spiny lumpsuckers flutter about tide pools like discombobulated pingpong balls with tiny fins; eel-like gunnels exposed in their homes under rocks flip and dance like bacon on a too-hot griddle; red rock crabs scuttle sideways through the eel grass.
The first piscatorial puzzler was a spiny lumpsucker, which many of us were convinced was some sort of puffer fish.
(Clockwise from upper left) a red rock crab, a sea cucumber, a Pacific lumpsucker, a gumboot chiton, a red anemone and a slender-arm sea star.
seattlep-i.nwsource.com /getaways/010600/tide06.html   (1200 words)

  
 lumpsucker --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Lumpsuckers are thickset, short-bodied, scaleless fish with skins that are either smooth or studded with bony tubercles.
any of about 115 species of marine fish often placed with the lumpsuckers in the family Cyclopteridae, but sometimes separated as a distinct family, Liparidae (order Scorpaeniformes).
Snailfish are small, growing to a maximum length of about 30 centimetres (12 inches).
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9049345?tocId=9049345   (361 words)

  
 Lumpsucker 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Reaching up to 2 ft in length, the lumpsucker fish has a stocky body and strong sucker formed by the pelvic fins.
The male is a deep blue colour, with red belly, while the female is a green colour, with yellow belly.
Lumpsucker species can be found in the shallow water on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean.
www.alientravelguide.com /science/biology/life/animals/chordata/vertebra/osteicht/scorpaen/lumpsuc2.htm   (69 words)

  
 Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As with most members of the Snailfish family, the Lumpsucker has a suction disk on the underside of it's body.
Natural History : Pacific Spiny Lumpsuckers are in the snailfish family.
Most of the snailfish have a sucker on the underside of their jaw, formed by modified pelvic fins.
seaotter.com /marine/research/eumicrotremus/orbis/html/orbis4.jpg.html   (138 words)

  
 Eumicrotremus derjugini
Petite poule de mer arctique, Leatherfin lumpsucker, Eumicrotremus...
Lumpfishes and Snailfishes (Cyclopteridae):...gibbus) gelatinous snailfish (Liparis fabricii) kelp snailfish (Liparis tunicatus) leatherfin lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus derjugini) lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus...
lumpsuckers: Leatherfin Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus derjugini): The leatherfin lumpsucker has no tubercles (bumps) on the underside of its head, on the base of its pectoral...
www.specieslist.com /fish_species/F/Eumicrotremus_derjugini.shtml   (488 words)

  
 Northwest Diver - The Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I think we have five shots of Lumpsuckers on the site, most of which are different colors.
We also have a video clip of a juvenile Lumpsucker feeding on a piece of kelp!
We found all the Lumpsuckers at Three Tree Point in 15 fsw or less.
www.northwestdiver.com /forums/showthread.php?t=535   (814 words)

  
 Define lumpsucker : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds.
lumpsucker n : any of several very small lumpfishes
www.indictionary.com /define/lumpsucker   (331 words)

  
 Northwest Diver - a GIANT Lumpsucker!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I saw a Lumpsucker today that is over a foot long!
I was given a photography book by a non-diving friend as a late birthday present.
On pages 88 and 89 there are some pictures of a huge type of Lumpsucker that lives in the waters around the UK.
www.northwestdiver.com /forums/showthread.php?t=844   (210 words)

  
 Lumpsucker Divers
It does well to build up anticipation, gets the nerves tingling and the heart pounding and still after many rides it scares the hell out of you and gets better with every ride.
Following the success of Lumpsucker Platoon No.1 at a recent Paintball Battle, where I’m proud to say our ‘Chaps’ did Bally Well, we have decided to give it another go in the near future.
We need you to sign up and strengthen our ranks and in return we offer you a cracking day out.
www.lumpsuckerdivers.20m.com /ldcnewlet.htm   (1333 words)

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