Cyclopteroidea

Cyclopteroidea
Cyclopterus lumpus
Liparis liparis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Superfamily: Cyclopteroidea
Gill, 1873[1]
Families

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Cyclopteroidea is a superfamily of ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes. The superfamily comprises 2 families, the Cyclopteridae, the lumpsuckers, of the cool northern seas and the widespread Liparidae, the snailfishes. A common feature shared by these families is that they typically have the pelvic fins modified to form a disc shaped sucker.

  1. ^ Theodore Gill (1891). "On The Relations of Cyclopteroidea" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. XIII (834): 361–376.