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Total worldwide landings of lumpfish roe. Cyclopterus is fished for its roe, landings of lumpfish roe varied from approximately 2,000–8,000 metric tons (2,200–8,800 short tons) from 1977 to 2018. In recent years, Iceland and Greenland have been the two largest fishing nations in regards to lumpfish and account for >95% of the global catch.
The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic , North Atlantic , and North Pacific oceans.
Cyclopteropsis jordani Soldatov, 1929 (Smooth lumpfish) Cyclopteropsis lindbergi Soldatov, 1930; Cyclopteropsis mcalpini (Fowler, 1914) (Arctic lumpsucker)
In the North Atlantic Ocean in areas such as Iceland and Norway, commercial lumpsucker fisheries raise and catch Cyclopterus lumpfish and their eggs for consumption. In northern Europe, both smoked lumpfish and lumpfish eggs, which can make for an inexpensive form of caviar, are sought after. [8]
Cyclopteropsis mcalpini, also known as the Arctic lumpsucker, is a species of lumpfish known only from the Arctic Ocean. It has been found in the Barents Sea and off the coast of northwestern Greenland, where it occurs at a depth range of 109 to 329 m (358 to 1079 ft). It is a small fish, growing to 7.5 cm (3 inches) in total length.
The smooth lumpfish is an iteroparous gonochoristic species with determinate fecundity, group-synchronous ovary organization, total spawning (release of 1 batch of eggs per breeding season), and external fertilization. Smooth lumpfish perform spawning migration from deep-ocean to coastal zones, where breeding occurs over a rocky bottom at ...
Eumicrotremus pacificus, sometimes known as the spotted lumpsucker [1] or the balloon lumpfish, [2] is a species of lumpfish native to the Northwest Pacific. It can be found in the Sea of Okhotsk , the Sea of Japan , the East China Sea , and the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands . [ 3 ]
Eumicrotremus spinosus, [4] [5] commonly known as the Atlantic spiny lumpsucker, is a species of lumpfish native to the Arctic and North Atlantic. Taxonomy