''Eumicrotremus uenoi'' is a species of lumpfish native to the Northwest Pacific. It is found off the

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and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, where it occurs at a depth range of 90 to 100 m (295 to 328 ft). It is a very small demersal fish, reaching 2 cm (0.8 inches) SL. The species was named after Dr. Tatsuji Ueno, formerly of the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station, in honor of his work with the systematics of

Cyclopteridae 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 Ocean, Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean, North Paci ...

, the lumpfishes. It was described in 2017 following a taxonomic review of "dwarf" lumpfishes that also resulted in the description of '' Eumicrotremus jindoensis'' and the reclassification of the species ''Lethotremus awae'' as ''

Eumicrotremus awae ''Eumicrotremus awae'' is a species of lumpfish endemic to the Pacific coast of Honshu, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, an ...

''.

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uenoi Fish of the North Pacific Taxa named by Tetsuji Nakabo Fish described in 2017 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub