Animalia > Chordata > Petromyzonti > Petromyzontiformes > Petromyzontidae > Lampetra > Lampetra aepyptera

Lampetra aepyptera (Least brook lamprey)

Synonyms: Ammocoetes aepyptera; Lampetra meridionale; Lethenteron meridionale
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Wikipedia Abstract

The least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera) is a common, non-parasitic lamprey distributed in the Mississippi River watershed, and a limited range along the Atlantic coast.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (18 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (gravel-sand)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [2]  3,000
Maximum Longevity [2]  8 years
Female Maturity [2]  5 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve V 166264 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0