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Entosphenus macrostoma (Beamish, 1982)

Vancouver lamprey
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Common names: Lake lamprey, Lamproie de Vancouver, Vancouver lamprey
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Lake Cowichan and Mesachie Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Ref. 89241). Also Ref. 5723, 10882, 11980, 52559. Status of threat: threatened; status declined since 1989. Criteria: 5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McPhail, J.D. and R. Carveth, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lamproie de l’île de Vancouver, Lake lamprey, Lamproie de Vancouver, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Petromyzonti (lampreys) > Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys) > Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) > Lampetrinae
Etymology: Entosphenus: entos (Gr.), within; sphenos (Gr.), wedge, referring to wedge-shaped tooth within mouth on tongue of E. tridentatus. (See ETYFish);  macrostoma: macro-, from makros (Gr.), long or large; stoma (Gr.), mouth (but used here as an adjective, mouthed), referring to large oral disc compared with E. tridentatus. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; non-migratory.   Temperate; 48°N - 47°N

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