Far Eastern brook lamprey

Lethenteron reissneri

Second dorsal grows nearly three times the first

Temperate
Upper river
Transcontinental
Freshwater fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Europe
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Far Eastern brook lamprey is a freshwater fish of Artic and Pacific Ocean drainages. The species occupies coastal waters. Records give a maximum length of 26 cm.

Class: Lampreys
Order: Lampreys
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lethenteron
Maximum length: 26 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Artic and Pacific Ocean drainages: In Europe in Umbra (Kola Peninsula), Severnaya Dvina, Mezen and upper Pechora drainages. In Asia eastward to Andyr drainage (Bering Sea); Amur drainage; Sakhalin Island, Hokkaido (Japan).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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