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Ichthyomyzon greeleyi (Mountain brook lamprey)

Synonyms: Ichthyomyzon hubbsi
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Wikipedia Abstract

The mountain brook lamprey or Allegheny brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon greeleyi) is a lamprey found in parts of the Mississippi river basin, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and in the Cumberland River and Tennessee River. This fish is jawless with a small sucker mouth and a long, eel-like body. It is fairly small, only growing to about 8 inches (20 cm) in length.
View Wikipedia Record: Ichthyomyzon greeleyi

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (gravel-sand)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [2]  10,000
Maximum Longevity [2]  6 years
Female Maturity [2]  6 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   North Carolina, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 20317 South Carolina, United States  
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, 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