Western brook lamprey
Western brook lamprey | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Hyperoartia |
Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
Family: | Petromyzontidae |
Genus: | Lampetra |
Species: | L. richardsoni
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Binomial name | |
Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov and Follett, 1965
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Synonyms[2][3] | |
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The western brook lamprey (Lampetra richardsoni) is a small (<18 cm), widely distributed, non-parasitic species of
One endangered[6] parasitic variety, the Morrison Creek lamprey (Lampetra richardsoni var. marifuga), is unique to Morrison Creek, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Which is larger in size (15 – 18 cm). The Morrison Creek lamprey is able to feed after it becomes an adult[6] unlike the western brook lamprey which can only feed in its larval stage.[6][7]
The western brook lamprey is Not at Risk (Yellow List) and does not have a Species at Risk Act.[7]
It spawns in spring until mid-summer when the water temperature is over 10 degrees Celsius. Nests made out of gravel, after hatching swept downstream into quieter parts of the stream and burrow into the ground. Stay in these quiet areas for about four years until eventually turning into adults. When they become adults in late summer to late fall they do not eat. After the lamprey spawns it dies.[7]
References
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- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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- ^ Hammerson, G.A., & M.Ormes. "Lampetra richardsoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). "COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Western Brook Lamprey Lampetra richardsoni Morrison Creek Population in Canada" (PDF). Species at Risk Public Registry. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Western Brook Lamprey – Pearson Ecological". Retrieved 2022-01-29.
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