lifted from FISHBASE (www.fishbase.org) available from them on CD : I assume
that this is the fish you are looking for.
Aptocyclus ventricosus (Pallas, 1769)
Family: Cyclopteridae (Lumpfishes and snailfishes) ( not available )
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FB name: Smooth lumpsucker
Distribution: North Pacific: Pusan, Korea north (outside the Sea of
Okhotsk) to Providence Bay in the Anadyr Gulf of the Bering Sea, throughout
the Aleutian Basin and islands, and southeast to Mathieson Channel, British
Columbia, Canada.
Biology: Males are said to guard the eggs (Ref. 6885).
Max. size: 27.0 cm TL
Environment: , marine
Climate: temperate; 66°nC
Importance:
Threatened: Not in IUCN Red List
Dangerous: harmless
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann. 1983. (Ref. 2850)
Common Name Used In Language
Hotei-uo Japan Japanese
Oki-hotei-uo Japan Japanese
Smooth lumpsucker Alaska English
Smooth lumpsucker Can Br Colum English
Smooth lumpsucker Canada English
Smooth lumpsucker USA English
Tasza pacyficzna Poland Polish
Hope this helps.
P.S. Being in the Bering Sea, what is the method/deatils of your internet
access? Just curious.
Bob McClure
Fish Info Service www.fis.com
Manager, Science and Education
-----Original Message-----
From: Scientific forum on fish and fisheries
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Sent: Monday, 21 August, 2000 8:21 PM
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Subject: Lumpsuckers
> Just out of curiosity, I am here in the Bering Sea doing some
> fisheries studies and run into quite a few lumpsuckers. Just curious
> to know more about these liquid type of fish. I don't have immediate
> access to the internet or a library as we are out at sea most of the
> time.
Thank You.
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