lumpsucker
Aug. 22nd, 2022 07:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordSo remember that sarcastic fringehead? It's not the only fish with a redonkulous name -- so here's a theme week of five of them:
lumpsucker (LUHMP-suh-kur) - n., any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae found in northern seas, esp. Cyclopterus lumpus of the North Atlantic, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk.
Also called lumpfish. Most of them are almost undecorated in appearance, making them look like lumps, and most are benthic, blending in with (and adhering to) the bottom of the ocean. C. lumpus is the only one with any commercial use, being good cleaner fish for tanks for salmon aquaculture. The name is kinda obvious -- it's a lump with a sucker:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
lumpsucker (LUHMP-suh-kur) - n., any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae found in northern seas, esp. Cyclopterus lumpus of the North Atlantic, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk.
Also called lumpfish. Most of them are almost undecorated in appearance, making them look like lumps, and most are benthic, blending in with (and adhering to) the bottom of the ocean. C. lumpus is the only one with any commercial use, being good cleaner fish for tanks for salmon aquaculture. The name is kinda obvious -- it's a lump with a sucker:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
