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Lampetra planeri (Bloch, 1784)

European brook lamprey
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Evropeiskaya ruch'evaya minoga, Western brook lamprey, европейская ручьевая минога
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from rivers which empty into the Gulf of Finland and from the headwaters of the Volga (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 89241. EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
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
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Petromyzonti (lampreys) > 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);  planeri: In honor of Johann Jacob Planer (1743-1789), German physician, botanist and mycologist, who supplied holotype. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Bloch.

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

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 1°C - 15°C (Ref. 12315); 68°N - 36°N, 10°W - 50°E

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