Pacific+Spiny+Lumpsucker

//Eumicrotremus orbis//

Location: North Pacific Habitat: Benthic. Inshore in kelp or eelgrass beds often found at low tide attached to rocks no deeper than 500 feet Size: Giant pacific spiny lumpsucker is 5 inches, but most are about an inch Diet: Poor swimmers so eat sessile invertebrates Uses: Fisheries by Kylie♥
 * Look like a ping-pong ball with fins
 * Scuba divers are their biggest fans because the little fellows will eat right out of their hands.
 * Camouflage coloring. Light to dark green, sometimes light brown; or plum ventrally; lips lavender
 * The "sucker" part refers to the adhesive pelvic discs
 * No gas bladder
 * Males guard the eggs