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Ecological Illustration of Mexican lamprey (Tetrapleurodon spadiceus)
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Petromyzontidae

Mexican lamprey

Tetrapleurodon spadiceus

Blood feeding adults spawn upstream then die

  • Brown
  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Mexican lamprey is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Lampreys
Order
Lampreys
Family
Petromyzontidae
Genus
Tetrapleurodon
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
anguilliform
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