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Lampetra planeri

Its fasting mouth still moves stones for a nest

Tropical
Upper river
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri), also known as the European brook lamprey and the western brook lamprey is a small European lamprey species that exclusively inhabits freshwater environments. The species is related to, but distinct from, the North American western brook lamprey (Lampetra richardsoni).

Class: Lampreys
Order: Lampreys
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lampetra
Maximum length: 20.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Europe: Great Britain north to Scottish highlands, rivers draining to North Sea north to Scotland and about Stavanger (Norway), Baltic Sea basin, Atlantic as far south as Adour drainage (France, Spain) and isolated populations in Sado, Tagus and Douro drainages (Portugal), Mediterranean basin in France and western Italy (south to about Cilento drainage). Locally in Ireland, upper Volga, upper Danube and some of their tributaries and Pescara drainage on Adriatic coast of Italy.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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