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Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

River lamprey
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Estonia country information

Common names: Jõesilm, River lamprey, Silmus
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Ojaveer, E. and E. Pihu, 2003
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Saat, T., J. Tambets and E. Pihu, 2003
Uses: no uses
Comments: Baltic Sea Basin: Narva river (shared with The Russian Federation) (Ref. 89241). Lampern has a closed spring season from 1 April to 30 June (Ref. 52095). Common in the Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Finland (Ref. 52079).
National Checklist: Estonian checklist - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anonymous, 1999
National Database: Estonian Vertebrates

Common names from other countries

Lamproie de rivière, Lamprea de río, Минога речная, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | 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.

Issue
Berg (1931) suggested that this species consists of two races; a normal form (forma typica) and a smaller praecox form. The praecox form has been reported from the Neva River and Lake Ladoga in the Russian Federation and the Severn River in England (UK) (Ref. 89241).

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

marin; eau douce; saumâtre démersal; anadrome (Ref. 59043); profondeur 10 - ? m.   Temperate; 5°C - 18°C (Ref. 12468); 69°N - 38°N, 11°W - 29°E (Ref. 59043)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences |
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