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Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905)

Siberian brook lamprey
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Common names: Arctic brook lamprey, Sibirskaya minoga, Siberian lamprey
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Known from the Pechora throughout Siberia to the Anadyr and Sakhalin (Ref. 26334). Found in Poronai and Tym' basins (Ref. 27681); Tom’, Kirgizka, and Yenisei rivers, Kolyma river basins (Ref. 89241). Specimens identified as Lethenteron kessleri from Arctic basin refer to Lethenteron reissneri (Ref. 59043). Also Ref. 37812. nEurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holcík, J., 1986
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Common names from other countries

Siberian lamprey, Lamproie de Sibérie, Kesslers Neunauge, ... 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);  kessleri: Patronym not identified but probably in honor of German-Russian zoologist Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881), who described Caspiomyzon wagneri in 1870. (See ETYFish).

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

Freshwater; demersal; non-migratory.   Temperate; 5°C - 25°C (Ref. 12468); 78°N - 53°N, 55°E - 169°W

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