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Mordaciidae
Chilean lamprey
Mordacia lapicida
Males brood eggs adults feed on blood
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
LargeChilean lamprey is a migratory fish from Southeast Pacific. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 54 cm.
- Class
- Lampreys
- Order
- Lampreys
- Family
- Mordaciidae
- Genus
- Mordacia
- Maximum length
- 54 cm
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Southeast Pacific: Rivers of southern Chile.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
