Longsnout prickleback

Longsnout prickleback
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Stichaeidae
Subfamily: Lumpeninae
Genus:
Makushok, 1958
Species:
L. longirostris
Binomial name
Lumpenella longirostris
(Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lumpenus longirostris Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907
  • Lumpenella nigricans Matsubara & Ochiai, 1952

The longsnout prickleback (Lumpenella longirostris), also known as the longsnouted blenny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Lumpenella. This fish is found in the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lumpenella longirostris". FishBase. February 2022 version.