Western Transcaucasian lamprey

Lethenteron ninae

One dark blotch caps the second dorsal fin

Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
East Asia
West Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Western Transcaucasian lamprey is a freshwater fish associated with rivers and streams. The available account notes this characteristic: One dark blotch caps the second dorsal fin.

Class: Lampreys
Order: Lampreys
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lethenteron
Maximum length: 16.6 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eurasia: rivers of the Black Sea coast in Russia and Abkhazia in Georgia (from west to east): Psezuapse, Shakhe, Mzymta, Psou (Chakhtsutsyr Stream), Bzyb’, and Mokva. Berg (1948) reports ammocoetes from near Novorossiysk that he assigns to E. mariae , but these may belong to L. ninae .

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