Fish of the Cyclopterus genus of the Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers or lumpfish) family of the superfamily Cyclopteroidea of the suborder Cottoidei of the Scorpaeniformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Lumpfish. Photo by © Joachim S. Müller. flickr.com/photos/joachim_s_mueller)
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depths of up to 870 meters, usually 50-150 meters. At night, it prefers to swim close to the bottom. In daytime, it swims closer to the surface. The maximum recorded length is 61 cm. The maximum weight is 9.5 kg. It feeds on ctenophores, jellyfish, small crustaceans, polychaetes, fish eggs and small fish.
(Lumpfish. Photo by © Uwe Waller. fishbase.org)
In the Adriatic Sea, a lumpfish was only once found in Molunat Bay in southern Croatia in 2004. It may have got into the Adriatic along with the ballast water of the ships.
Names of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in other languages as follows:
Snotolf (Dutch), Liebre de mar (Spanish), Ciclottero (Italian), Seehase (German), Tasza, Zając morski (Polish), Peixe-lapa (Portuguese), Пинагор (Pinagor) (Russian), Bradavičarica (Slovenian), Lompe (French), Hranáč šedý (Czech).