Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker
(Eumicrotremus orbis)

image of a Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker

Image ID: 182-01

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Comments : This is another shot of the same Lumpsucker I shot earlier (the purple looking one). However, it looks more brown in from this angle. From this shot, you get a slightly better perspective of this little critter's mouth and eye. As with most members of the Snailfish family, the Lumpsucker has a suction disk on the underside of it's body. It uses this disk to hold on to solid objects in heavy currents.
Common name : Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker
Scientific Name : Eumicrotremus orbis
Location Found : Three Tree Point, Central Puget Sound
Actual Size : 1.5 inches
Camera Used : Sea & Sea MMII EX w/1->3T macro
Natural History :