Lumpfish

Family Cyclopteridae

• French: Gros mollet, Lompe, Lièvre de mer
• Dutch: Snotdolf
• German: Seehase
• Polish: Tasza
• Russian: Pinagor
• Finnish: Rasvakala, Vilukala
• Swedish: Stenbit (male), Kvabbso (meaning sow, of the female), Sjurygg (both sexes)
• Norwegian: Rognkall (male), Rognkjeks (female)
• Danish: Stenbider
• Icelandic: Rauðmagi (male), Gråsleppa (female), Hrognkelsi (both sexes)
• Other: Henfish

REMARKS Maximum length of females 60 cm, of males 50 cm. The colour varies, but is usually grey, or translucent green. During the spawning season the underside of the male becomes temporarily a brilliant red or orange, and its upper parts blue.