Lampetra planeri

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Overview

Family : Lampreys ; Lives exclusively in freshwater . Occurs in middle and upper reaches of small streams and rivers ; occasionally in lakes . Larvae lie buried in the substrate while adults live in the open water. Filter feeding larvae, non-feeding adults (= non-parasitic). Reproduction takes place upstream , from April to May. Because of its small size and the mediocre quality of its meat, it is rarely fished . The larvae are utilized as bait [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 159 meters (523 feet).[2]

Ecology: Habitat :
Found in the lowland, piedmont and montane zone in clear, well oxygenated brooks . Ammocoetes live in detritus-rich sands or clay sediments.

Biology :
Non-predatory, freshwater resident. Timing of spawning season depends on latitude when temperature exceeds 9°C, starting in February in Italy and mid-June in Finland. Spawning individuals cease their normal daylight avoidance reaction and reproduce on sunny days. Males dig a shallow nest in habitats with moderate current . Spawners form large aggregations. Dies after spawning. Single individuals may survive until September. Ammocoetes stage usually lasts 21/2-3 1/2 years. Feeds on detritus and micro-organisms, starts metamorphosis in June-July (fully transformed individuals usually found in September), overwinters and spawns following spring . There are indications that L. planeri might be an heterogeneous (polyphyletic) assemblage of several lineages evolved independently from different populations of L. fluviatilis (see family introduction).[3].

List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Petromyzon anomalum De La Pylaie • Petromyzon bicolor Shaw • Petromyzon caecus Couch • Petromyzon fluviatilis larvalis Smitt • Petromyzon fluviatilis minor Smitt • Petromyzon niger Lacepède • Petromyzon planeri Bloch • Petromyzon plumbeus Ayres • Petromyzon septoeuil Lacepède

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 24-Jan-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lampetra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. aepyptera (Least Brook Lamprey) · L. alaskensis (Alaskan Brook Lamprey) · L. appendix (American Brook Lamprey) · L. ayresii (Parasitic River Lamprey) · L. camtschatica (Darktail Alascan Lamprey) · L. fluviatilis (European River Lamprey) · L. folletti (Modoc Brook Lamprey) · L. geminis (Mexican Brook Lamprey) · L. hubbsi (Kern Brook Lamprey) · L. japonica (Japanese Lamprey) · L. lamottei (Small Black Brook Lamprey) · L. lamotteni (Small Black Brook Lamprey) · L. appendix (Small Black Brook Lamprey) · L. lanceolata (Turkish Brook Lamprey) · L. lethophaga (Pit- Klamath Brook Lamprey) · L. macrostoma (Vancouver Lamprey) · L. minima (Miller Lake Lamprey) · L. morii (Nonparasitic Brook Lamprey) · L. pacifica (Pacific Brook Lamprey) · L. planeri (Brook Lamprey) · L. reissneri (Far Eastern Brook Lamprey) · L. richardsoni (Klamath Lamprey) · L. similis (Klamath River Lamprey) · L. spadicea (Mexican Lamprey) · L. tridentata (Pacific Three-Toothed Lamprey) · L. tridentatus (Pacific Three-Toothed Lamprey) · L. zanandreai (Lombardy Brook Lamprey)

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Further Reading

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• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with 184 illustrations. Philadelphia, Blakiston's[c1923] url p. 27.
• British reptiles, amphibians, and fresh-water fishes / by W. Percival Westell; illustrated by Doris Meyer. [London]: Chapman & Dodd, [192-?] url p. 62.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 13.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 11, p. 166, p. 202, p. 21, p. 267, p. 385.
• Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. url p. 333.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 31.
• Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 119.
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• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 658, p. 769.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Freyhof, J. 2011. Lampetra planeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Database for the Atlas of Freshwater Fishes

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3864088
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25148
• Fishbase Species ID: 4481
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 159720
• IUCN ID: 217956
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6245

Footnotes

1. Billard, R. (1997). Les poissons d'eau douce des rivières de France. Identification, inventaire et répartition des 83 espèces. Lausanne: Delachaux & Niestlé, 192p. [back]
2. Standard Deviation = 163.650 based on 5,730 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Freyhof, J. 2011. Lampetra planeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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