Ukrainian brook lamprey
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | Petromyzontida |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Family: | Petromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Eudontomyzon |
| Species: | E. mariae
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| Eudontomyzon mariae (Berg, 1931)
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The Ukrainian brook lamprey (Eudontomyzon mariae) is a species of lamprey in the Petromyzontidae family. It is found in brackish and freshwater areas in Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine. It invaded the basin of the Volga River in 2001.[4]
Biology
[edit]The Ukrainian brook lamprey reaches a maximum length of 22 cm (8.7 in). It inhabits the mountain and foothill bodies of water containing clear water with strong currents. It is a non-parasitic lamprey. They are preyed on by chub and other species during spawning, which takes place on gravel and sand substrates.
References
[edit]- ^ Freyhof, J. (2024). "Eudontomyzon mariae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T8173A135085930. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Лёвин Б. А. (2001). "Находка украинской миноги Eudontomyzon mariae (Petromyzontidae) в Волжском бассейне". Вопросы ихтиологии (in Ukrainian). 41 (6): 849–850.
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