#2096 · 🐟 fish
Lumpfish
🇳🇱 Snotolf ·Cyclopterus lumpus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christopher Power · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Joachim S. Müller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Haplochromis · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Emil B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Mary Wholey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © lisa_ka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Joe Kunkel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Inge Knoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Peter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Cyclopterus lumpus , the lumpsucker or lumpfish , is a species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers). It is the only member of the genus Cyclopterus . It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, ranging as far south as Chesapeake Bay (rare south of New Jersey) on the North American coast and Spain on the European coast.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #25 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 799 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lumpfish
- Nederlands
- Snotolf
- scientific name
- Cyclopterus lumpus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Cyclopteridae
- sightings in NL
- 52
- sightings in Europe
- 353
- sightings worldwide
- 799
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,245
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 60603, Wikidata Q30066, GBIF 5962255, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.