Proeumicrotrmus is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpfishes or lumpsuckers. The only species in the genus is Proeumicrotremus soldatovi, Soldatov's lumpsucker. This species is found in the Northwest Pacific. It is known from the Sea of Okhotsk, where it can be found at depths of 10 to 350 m (33 to 1,148 ft). It reaches 26 cm (10 in) in total length, making it larger than average for a lumpfish.[1] It was previously considered a species of Eumicrotremus until a morphology-based revision in 2020 concluded that it represents the only known species of a distinct genus.[2]

Proeumicrotremus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cyclopteridae
Genus: Proeumicrotremus
Species:
P. soldatovi
Binomial name
Proeumicrotremus soldatovi
(Popov, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Eumicrotremus soldatovi Popov, 1930

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Proeumicrotremus soldatovi". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  2. ^ Voskoboinikova, O.S.; Orlov, A.M. (December 2020). "Proeumicrotremus gen. nov.—a New Genus for Eumicrotremus soldatovi (Cyclopteridae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 60 (6): 943–946. doi:10.1134/S0032945220060119 – via ResearchGate.