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Smooth Lumpsucker
Aptocyclus ventricosus

smooth lumpsucker

The smooth lumpsucker gets the "sucker" part of its name from the sucking disc on its ventral side, which it can use to stick to surfaces. The sucking disc is unrelated to feeding.

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