Black lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus derjugini). Norsk: Svartkjeks.
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Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Black lumpsucker yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Black lumpsucker
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The black lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus derjugini), often called the leatherfin lumpsucker in English, is a small Arctic relative of the lumpfish. It reaches only about 10 cm and has a round, stubby body, with the pelvic fins forming a sucking disc on the belly as in other lumpsuckers. It resembles the spiny lumpsucker, but the first dorsal fin is wrapped in loose skin, which gives the species its English nickname. It lives near the seabed on mud, gravel and stones in very cold water, often below 0 °C, and has been recorded from a few metres down to more than 1,000 m. Its range covers Svalbard, the Barents Sea and the Siberian Arctic seas, as well as Greenland, Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada. It eats mainly small crustaceans and planktonic tunicates. Much of its life history is still unknown. It is not a target for anglers and is mostly seen in research trawls. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
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Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).