Leatherfin lumpsucker

📖 Overview

Found on mud, gravel or stone bottoms at temperatures below 0° C, with the young occuring in shallower water . A benthic species feeding on crustaceans and oikopleura . This species usually occurs at depths from 5 to 575 m at high water salinity (34-35 psu), with water temperatures below zero (down to -2.0°С). Recorded in Baffin Bay, down to 1038 m, and the Canadian Arctic at water temperature up to +4.93°C; Barents–Laptev Sea region, usually at the depths from 6 to 280 m, at low (from -1.9° to +1.8°C) mostly negative water temperatures and high salinity (34.03-35.25 psu), often on silt or clay sediments. In the Olenek and Lena rivers' shoals, it is found in the waters with a reduced oxygen content (86-88%), on brown-black sediments, often with a pronounced odor of hydrogen sulfide. It has never been found in the pelagic trawls. The reproduction in the Barents–Laptev Sea region probably takes place in the autumn-winter period, since the females with mature eggs (4-5 mm) are caught in the autumn. In July, the female (6.3 cm TL) from the Barents Sea had immature eggs (

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. This species is distinguished by the following characters: first dorsal fin in the form of dense leathery process, does not bend down to the back, trapezoidal in shape; fish 4.0-8.5 cm TL, usually have seven rows of bony plaques in interorbital region; plaques in periorbital and preopercular rows are numerous; bare space in anus area bounded by semicircle of (6) 7-10 bony plaques; number of plaques on body and head (circumpectoral, postbranchial, supraorbital and postorbital, middle and interorbital rows) on average 32.7; distance from anus to beginning of anal fin on average 22% SL; pectoral fin short, on average 50–51% HL. Colouration: when alive (in Laptev Sea), body almost black, with slightly purple tint; without pronounced spots and stripes; lower side of head is dark, rays of D2, A, and P are dark gray; translucent fin membranes D2 and A are not colored; skin under upper caudal row of plaques light; it is a continuous dark band below it; bases of A and C with light spots; belly silvery; peritoneum (inner surface of abdominal cavity) is not pigmented; lining of oral cavity light, dotted .: short and / or deep; Cross section: circular.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Leatherfin lumpsucker is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 1038 m , usually 5 - 575 m . Polar; 84°N - 50°N, 180°W - 180°E West Atlantic is 60°N.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Scientific Synonyms

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 3 records indexed .

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