''Lethotremus'' 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
lumpfishes native to the northern
Pacific Ocean
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 ...
. Following a 2017 taxonomic review by Lee et al., the species ''Lethotremus awae'' was reclassified as a species of ''
Eumicrotremus
''Eumicrotremus'' is a genus of lumpfishes native to the northern oceans. The name for this genus comes from the Greek roots ''eu'' meaning "good", ''mikros'' meaning "small" or "little", and ''trema'' meaning "hole".
Species
There are currently ...
'', leaving the genus monotypic with ''L. muticus'' as its only species.
Species
There is currently only one recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Lethotremus muticus''
C. H. Gilbert, 1896
References
Cyclopteridae
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