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Cyclopteridae
Bonaparte, 1831
- lumpfishes
(fish)
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Cottales (Infraorder)
..Agonidae (Family) - poachers
..Cottidae (Family) - sculpins
..Jordaniidae (Family) - longfin sculpins
..Liparidae (Family) - snailfishes
..Psychrolutidae (Family) - marine sculpins
..Rhamphocottidae (Family) - horsehead sculpins
..Trichodontidae (Family) - sandfishes
..Cyclopteridae (Family) - lumpfishes
....Cyclopterinae (Subfamily) - lumpsuckers
....Eumicrotreminae (Subfamily) - spiny lumpsuckers
....Liparopsinae (Subfamily) - smooth lumpsuckers
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Cyclopterinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (14 Mar 2025).
[inferred]
Type
:
Cyclopterus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
N. Bailly et al. (comps.), 2001
: 369; 5 Feb 2021.
[inferred]
Variants
Former rank
:
Cyclopterinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 339.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
†
Kaltanidae
(Family)
Martynova, 1958
Ref:
PBDB
: 3 May 2014.
Including
:
Aptocyclinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 339.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
snotolven
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
lumpfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 494; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
:
lumpsuckers
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 494.
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21 Sep 2025