Cyclopsis is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the familyCyclopteridae, the lumpfishes or lumpsuckers. Its only species is Cyclopsis tentacularis which is found at depths between 12 and 140 m (39 and 459 ft) in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. This species has a maximum published standard length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in).[1]
Cyclopsis was first proposed as a genus in 1930 by the Russian ichthyologistAlexander Mikhailovich Popov when he formally describedCyclopsis tentacularis.[2]
References
- āFroese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyclopsis tentacularis". FishBase. February 2023 version.
- āFricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cyclopteridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
Categories:
- Cyclopteridae
- Monotypic fish genera
- Fish described in 1930
- Cottoidei stubs