Greek lamprey
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| Greek lamprey | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Cephalaspidomorphi |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Family: | Petromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Caspiomyzon |
| Species: | C. hellenicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caspiomyzon hellenicus (Vladykov et al., 1982) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Eudontomyzon hellenicus Vladykov et al., 1982 |
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The Greek lamprey (Caspiomyzon hellenicus) (also known as the Greek brook lamprey) is a species of jawless fish in the Petromyzontidae family. It is endemic to Greece. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was first described as Eudontomyzon hellenicus by Vadim Dimitrievitch Vladykov, Claude B. Renaud, Edward Kott, and Panos Stavros Economidis.
[edit] References
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Eudontomyzon hellenicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Caspiomyzon hellenicus" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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