''Cyclopteropsis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of small

lumpfish The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific oceans. The greatest number of species ar ...

es native to the

North Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

and

Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Cyclopteropsis bergi'' Popov, 1929 * '' Cyclopteropsis brashnikowi'' ( P. J. Schmidt, 1904) * '' Cyclopteropsis inarmatus'' Mednikov ( ru) & Prokhorov, 1956 (Bumpy lumpsucker) * '' Cyclopteropsis jordani'' Soldatov, 1929 (Smooth lumpfish) * '' Cyclopteropsis lindbergi'' Soldatov, 1930 * '' Cyclopteropsis mcalpini'' ( Fowler, 1914) (Arctic lumpsucker) * '' Cyclopteropsis popovi'' Soldatov, 1929

References

Cyclopteridae Taxa named by Vladimir Soldatov Taxa described in 1929 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub