Lumpenidae
Subfamily of fishes
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Lumpenidae, the eel pricklebacks, is a family of marine ray-finned fishes, classified within the suborder Zoarcoidei. These fishes are found in the North Pacific, Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.[2] An indeterminate fossil lumpenid is known from the early-middle Miocene-aged Bessho Formation of Honshu, Japan.[3]
| Lumpenidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Slender eelblenny (Lumpenus fabricii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Zoarcoidei |
| Family: | Lumpenidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898[1] |
| Genera | |
Genera
The subfamily contains the following genera:[2]
- Acantholumpenus Makushok, 1958
- Anisarchus Gill, 1864
- Leptoclinus Gill, 1861
- Lumpenella Hubbs, 1927
- Lumpenus Reinhardt, 1836
- Neolumpenus Miki, Kanamaru & Amaoka, 1987
- Poroclinus T.H. Bean, 1890
- Xenolumpenus Shinohara & Yabe, 2009