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Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Hubbs & Trautman, 1937

Silver lamprey
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Common names: Lamproie argentée, Silver lamprey
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Manitoba to Quebec (Ref. 52559). Specifically, Hudson Bay Basin, Manitoba and Ontario; Lake Superior Basin, Ontario; Lake Huron Basin, Ontario (Devils, East Au Gres, Pine, and Rifle rivers); Lake St. Clair, Ontario; Lake Erie Basin, Ontario; Lake Ontario Basin, Ontario; St. Lawrence River Basin, Ontario, and Québec (Ref. 89241). Also Ref. 5723, 86798.
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: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lamproie argentée, Lamproie argentée, Sølvlampret, ... more

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

Petromyzonti (lampreys) > Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys) > Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) > Petromyzontinae
Etymology: Ichthyomyzon: ichthys, fish; myzon (Gr.), to suck (borrowed from Petromyzon), i.e., a sucking fish, referring to their suctorial behavior. (See ETYFish);  unicuspis: unus (L.), one; cuspis (L.), point, referring to single (unicuspid) cusps of circumoral teeth of adults (compared with bicuspid circumoral teeth of congeners). (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Hubbs & Trautman.

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

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 1998); depth range ? - 31 m (Ref. 89241).   Temperate; 59°N - 30°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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