| Common name | Nonparasitic brook lamprey |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | British Columbia |
| Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Nonparasitic', i.e., not living on or in an organism in parasitism; 'brook', i.e., swamp, of Germanic orgins (p. 81 in Ref. 11979); 'lamprey' from Old English from Latin 'lampreda' from 'lampetra', i.e., stone-licker since the lamprey holds on to rocks with its jawless sucking mouth (p. 316 in Ref. 11979). |