Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Brownish gray with dark spots dorsally, muddy gray ventrally. Caudal fin rounded; pectoral fins large and broadly based; pelvic fins modified to form a clinging disc with a thickened margin on the ventral surface of the body (Ref. 6885). Skin naked without scales and tubercles. First dorsal fin completely embedded under the skin. Disk rudimentary in young, well developed in adults (Ref. 43939).

Common Names

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Globefish , English , Alaska

Smooth lumpsucker , English , Canada

Smooth lumpsucker , English , USA

Smooth lumpsucker , English , Alaska

Smooth lumpsucker , English , Global

Tümakala , Estonian , Estonia

Hotei-uo , Japanese , Japan

Oki-hotei-uo , Japanese , Japan

뚝지 , Korean , Korea (South)

圆腹鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

圓腹魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大眼駝背圓鰭魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大眼驼背圆鳍鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Tasza pacyficzna , Polish , Poland

Myagkiy kruglopyor , Russian , Russia

мягкая рыба , Russian , Russia

рыба-лягушка , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Cyclopteridae

Genus: Aptocyclus

Species: Aptocyclus ventricosus (Pallas, 1769)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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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

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Males are said to guard the eggs (Ref. 6885). Migrate to spawn in littoral waters of Bering Sea in December-June (Ref. 43939).

Habitat

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benthopelagic