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lumpsucker /ˈlʌmpsʌkə /nounA globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.- Family Cyclopteridae: several genera and species.
Small projections or denticles are also commonly observed on suckers from a variety of other animals including the suckers of the clingfish, the lumpsuckers and other aquatic vertebrates and on tadpoles....- The weather was promising, the tides along the South Coast were right and I had taken to the road in search of a strange fish called a lumpsucker, which Wittering Divers said I could find on the wreck of a Mulberry Harbour off Bognor Regis.
- One of the strangest fish you might encounter in spring is the male lumpsucker, which is left in shallow water guarding and nurturing his egg clutch after mating.
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