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Abby and I sneaked to the door as she yelled, “Spiny lumpsucker!” and waved her fingers around, dripping egg yolk on the floor before dashing over to the sink.

“I just found one of my favorite marine animals in the Puget Sound, the Pacific spiny lumpsucker. I’m super stoked. They’re adorable.”

The nightmare of the Pacific spiny lumpsucker starts with the teeth: needle-sharp, lining the rim of bulbous lips.

My favorite one is the Pacific spiny lumpsucker picture.

Phallon Tullis-Joyce will insist it was the Pacific spiny lumpsucker, a bony fish with a suction cup pelvic fin that helps it attach to surfaces.