Eumicrotremus derjugini

Eumicrotremus derjugini
Preserved specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Eumicrotremus
Species:
E. derjugini
Binomial name
Eumicrotremus derjugini
Popov, 1926

Eumicrotremus derjugini, also known as the leatherfin lumpsucker or petite poule de mer Arctique[1] (meaning "small Arctic sea hen" in French), is a species of lumpfish native to the Arctic, the North Atlantic, and the North Pacific. It is known from Labrador, Ungava Bay, Hudson Bay, the Canadian Arctic, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Franz Josef Land, Greenland, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian Sea, the Chukchi Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. It occurs at a depth range of 5 to 1038 m (16 to 3406 ft), and it reaches 10 cm (3.9 inches) SL. It is a benthic species often found on substrates of mud, gravel, or stone at temperatures below 0 °C, feeding mainly on crustaceans and Oikopleura. The young of this species are reportedly seen in shallower water.[2]

The species name commemorates the collector Konstantin Deryugin.

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Eumicrotremus derjugini". FishBase.