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Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

River lamprey
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Lampetra fluviatilis   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Image of Lampetra fluviatilis (River lamprey)
Lampetra fluviatilis
Picture by Zauke, G.P.


France country information

Common names: Châtillon, Filtre, Flûte
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Billard, R., 1997
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Keith, P. and J. Allardi (coords.), 2001
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in all basins but is presently diminishing in number; very popular but no longer fished because it is becoming rare (Ref. 30578). Known from Rhine (rare), Loire, Gironde-Garonne-Dordogne basin (Ref. 51442). Atlantic Sea Basin: Garonne and Dordogne rivers; Mediterranean Sea Basin: Rhône River (Ref. 89241). Adour river, and very likely in small coastal rivers of Brittany (Ref. 40476). Likely to benefit from an environmental regulation (Ref. 2163). In "Annexe II et V de la Directive Habitats-faune-flore". After the "Arrêté de Biotope, 8 Dec. 1998", its biotope may be protected (Ref. 40476). Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 11941, 74334). Not signaled in the southern part of France in Ref. 59043 (or only extirptaed at the Italian border). Data to be checked. Also Ref. 2163.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Keith, P. and J. Allardi (coords.), 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys) > Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) > Lampetrinae
Etymology: Lampetra: lambo (L.), to lick; petra (Gr.), rock or stone, referring to their suctorial behavior (adults attach to rocks during nest building and mating). (See ETYFish);  fluviatilis: Latin for “of a river,” referring to its upstream river spawning migration. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

بحري; المياه العذبة; مياه مخلوطة القاع; أسماك صاعدة (Ref. 59043); نطاق العمق 10 - ? m.   Temperate; 5°C - 18°C (Ref. 12468); 69°N - 38°N, 11°W - 29°E (Ref. 59043)

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