Lumpenidae
| Lumpenidae Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Slender eelblenny (Lumpenus fabricii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Zoarcoidei |
| Family: | Lumpenidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 |
| 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. An indeterminate fossil lumpenid is known from the early-middle Miocene-aged Bessho Formation of Honshu, Japan.