Lumpenidae
| Lumpenidae Temporal range:
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| Slender eelblenny (Lumpenus fabricii) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Zoarcoidei |
| Family: | Jordan & Evermann, 1898[1] |
| Genera | |
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]
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
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lumpenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "New fossils of Neogene pricklebacks (Actinopterygii: Stichaeidae) from East Asia". www.zin.ru. Retrieved 20 August 2025.