Eumicrotremus

Eumicrotremus is a genus of lumpfishes native to the northern oceans. The name for this genus comes from the Greek roots eu meaning "good", mikros meaning "small" or "little", and trema meaning "hole".[1]

Eumicrotremus
Eumicrotremus orbis
Eumicrotremus pacificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Eumicrotremus
T. N. Gill, 1862

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus (three additional species have been moved to Georgimarinus, Microancathus, and Proeumicrotremus and a species from Lethotremus has since been moved to this genus):[2][3]

References

  1. "Eumicrotremus orbis summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. Kim, Jinkoo (June 2017). "Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific". Zootaxa via ResearchGate.
  3. Voskoboinikova, O.S.; Orlov, A.M. (December 2020). "Proeumicrotremus gen. nov.—a New Genus for Eumicrotremus soldatovi (Cyclopteridae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 60 via ResearchGate.
  4. Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Nazarkin, M.V. (2015): Redescription of Andriashev’s spiny pimpled lumpsucker Eumicrotremus andriashevi and designation of a new subspecies E. andriashevi aculeatus ssp. n. (Cyclopteridae). Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (2): 155-161.
  5. Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Chernova, N.V. (2016): Revalidation of the Eggvin lumpsucker Eumicrotremus eggvinii (Cyclopteridae) and its new finding near Franz Josef Land (Barents Sea). Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (1): 31-36.


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