In early February, Fedortsov shared images of his latest catch: Aptocyclus ventricosus, a fish known as the Pacific spiny lumpsucker or bloated snailfish. This species, a member of the ...
The Pacific spiny lumpsucker can be found stuck to substrate in cold, coastal waters from Washington State to Alaska's Aleutian Islands, and westward to the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Japan. Between ...