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Petromyzontidae
Klamath river lamprey
Entosphenus similis
Adults attach to trout for body fluids
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Anguilliform
MediumKlamath river lamprey is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Lampreys
- Order
- Lampreys
- Family
- Petromyzontidae
- Genus
- Entosphenus
- Maximum length
- 27 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- North America: Klamath River drainage and Klamath Lake in southern Oregon and northern California in USA.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
