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Cyclopterus lumpus

Cyclopterus lumpus is a species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers). It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, ranging as far south as Chesapeake Bay (rare south of New Jersey) on the North American coast and Spain on the European coast. Males typically reach 30–40 cm in length and the larger
females rarely surpass 50 cm in length and 5 kg in
weight.After hatching, lumpfish will spend their first few months in tidal pools, or in association with floating seaweed clumps. As they grow they migrate out into open water far from land where they live in the pelagic zone feeding upon gelatinous zooplankton, fish eggs and small crustaceans.

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