Pacific spiny lumpsucker
Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eumicrotremus orbis (Günther, 1861)
- Name authority
- (Günther, 1861)
- Common name
- Pacific spiny 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 orbis (Günther, 1861)
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 |
| Siberian lumpsuckerEumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka, 1912) | 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 |
| 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 togedango Kuronuma, 1943 Kuronuma, 1943 | synonym |
| Lethotremus vinolentus Jordan & Starks, 1895 Jordan & Starks, 1895 | synonym |
| Cyclopterus orbis Günther, 1861 Günther, 1861 | synonym |
| Microtremus orbis (Günther, 1861) (Günther, 1861) | synonym |
| Eumicrotremus orbis orbis (Günther, 1861) (Günther, 1861) | 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=254535 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:6H95Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.