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Petromyzontidae
Ohio lamprey
Ichthyomyzon bdellium
Adults attach to trout and bass in clear streams
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Anguilliform
MediumOhio lamprey is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Lampreys
- Order
- Lampreys
- Family
- Petromyzontidae
- Genus
- Ichthyomyzon
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- North America: Ohio River basin from extreme southwestern New York west to northern Indiana and eastern Illinois and south to northern Alabama in USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
