name: Lumpsucker

flavor_db_name_variants: lumpsucker

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Lumpsucker

id: 585

name_scientific: Cyclopteridae

description: Lumpsuckers or lumpfish are mostly small scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Cyclopteridae. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific oceans. The greatest number of species are found in the North Pacific. Lumpsuckers are named appropriately enough; their portly bodies are nearly spherical with generally drab coloration and lithic patterns. The "sucker" part refers to the fish's modified pelvic fins, which have evolved into adhesive discs (located ventrally, behind the pectoral fins); the fish use these discs to adhere to the substrate. Many species have bony, wart-like tubercles adorning the head and body; these are important taxonomic features of the family.

itis_id: 167483

wikipedia_id: Lumpsucker

picture_file_name: 599.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 65427

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:39.000Z

legacy_id: 626

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:50.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:28.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 8101

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00585