Siberian lumpsucker
Eumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka, 1912)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Eumicrotremus asperrimus, also known as the Siberian lumpsucker, is a species of lumpfish native to the Northwest Pacific, where it can be found in the Bering Sea, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as off of Alaska and Hokkaido. It reaches 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length and occurs at a depth range of 20 to 900 m (66 to 2953 ft). It is a round and compact fish adorned with many distinct tubercles.
Wikipedia contributors, Eumicrotremus asperrimus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:41:37.016451+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka, 1912)
- Name authority
- (Tanaka, 1912)
- Common name
- Siberian lumpsucker
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cyclopteridae
- Genus
- Eumicrotremus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderCottoidei
- familyCyclopteridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusEumicrotremus Gill, 1862
- speciesEumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka, 1912)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eumicrotremus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ballon lumpfishEumicrotremus pacificus Schmidt, 1904 | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tatar lumpsuckerEumicrotremus tartaricus Lindberg & Legeza, 1955 | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eumicrotremus fedorovi Mandrytsa, 1991 | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alaskan lumpsuckerEumicrotremus gyrinops (Garman, 1892) | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic spiny lumpsuckerEumicrotremus spinosus (Fabricius, 1776) | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific spiny lumpsuckerEumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861) | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taranetz’s lumpsuckerEumicrotremus taranetzi Perminov, 1936 | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pimpled lumpsuckerEumicrotremus andriashevi Perminov, 1936 | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eumicrotremus uenoi Kai, Ikeguchi & Nakabo, 2017 | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eumicrotremus lindbergi (Soldatov, 1930) | CyclopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eumicrotremus birulai Popov, 1928 Popov, 1928 | synonym |
| Cyclolumpus asperrimus Tanaka, 1912 Tanaka, 1912 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254533 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6GWTX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.