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Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811)

Arctic lamprey
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Arctic lamprey, Ledovitomorskaya minoga, Tikhookeanskaja minoga
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Pasvik River to the Ob, as well as in the Amur and in the rivers of the Maritime Territory, Sakhalin, and Kamchatka (Ref. 26334). Eastern area in Mainland Russia (Ref. 45563). White Sea Basin, Barents Sea Basin to the Pechora River, Arctic Ocean Basin and its rivers from the Ob’ (Kara Sea Basin) to the Kolyma (East Siberian Sea Basin), Anadyr territory, Utkholok River and its tributary Kolkavayam River (Kamchatka Peninsula), Iturup and Sakhalin islands, Amur and Suchan rivers (Ref. 89241). Into the 20th century, this was being consumed by humans (Ref. 117245). Also Ref. 27547, 27681, 50610, 55804, 43939, 96339. Also Ref. 37812, as Lampetra japonica. EurRus
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Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Lamproie arctique, lamprey-eel, Lamproie arctique, ... more

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

Petromyzonti (lampreys) > Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys) > Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) > Lampetrinae
Etymology: Lethenteron: Etymology not explained, perhaps lethalis (L.), lethal, or lethe (Gr.), forgetting or forgetfulness; enteron (Gr.) intestine, presumably referring to “degenerate and non-functional” intestine of adult L. appendix. (See ETYFish);  camtschaticum: -icum (Gr.), belonging to: the Kamchatka, Russia, type locality. (See ETYFish).

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 89241); depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 50610).   Boreal; 5°C - 18°C (Ref. 12468); 72°N - 34°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 26213)

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