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The Arctic lamprey is a circumpolar species. Its range extends from
Lapland eastward to Kamchatka and southward to Japan and Korea. It also inhabits the Arctic and Pacific drainages of Alaska and northwestern Canada. The adults live in freshwater habitat near the coast, such as rivers and lakes. It
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in color with a paler belly. There are two dorsal fins located near the tail, the posterior one larger than the anterior. Males are larger than females. The caudal fin has two lobes, the lower longer than the upper. It is continuous with the dorsal and anal fins. The anal fin of the male takes the
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This lamprey is usually about 13 to 32 centimetres (5.1 to 12.6 in) long, but specimens have been known to reach 63 centimetres (25 in) and 200 grams (7.1 oz) in weight. Non-anadromous individuals are rarely over 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long. It is brown, gray, or
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Taxa named by
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1367:T. spadicea
1301:M. lapicida
1250:L. kessleri
1232:L. appendix
1212:Lethenteron
1181:L. pacifica
1076:I. greeleyi
1040:I. bdellium
956:E. danfordi
887:E. folletti
876:Entosphenus
834:Caspiomyzon
811:Hyperoartia
606:18 November
539:aquaculture
443:Description
346:(Bean 1881)
258:Girard 1858
250:Pallas 1814
158:Lethenteron
127:Hyperoartia
1659:Categories
1376:T. geminis
1343:P. marinus
1332:Petromyzon
1319:M. praecox
1190:L. planeri
1136:L. ayresii
923:E. similis
914:E. minimus
863:C. graecus
845:C. wagneri
557:References
503:lake trout
437:anadromous
429:freshwater
354:Hatta 1911
1310:M. mordax
1154:L. hubbsi
1058:I. fossor
974:E. mariae
495:parasitic
466:Behaviour
362:Berg 1931
338:Bean 1881
165:Species:
93:Kingdom:
87:Eukaryota
1590:2.100014
1551:10163675
1507:FishBase
1412:Wikidata
1290:Mordacia
1259:L. ninae
1098:Lampetra
1067:I. gagei
965:E. morii
805:Chordata
799:Animalia
797:Kingdom
669:FishBase
649:25543675
527:sculpins
488:detritus
206:Synonyms
197:Tilesius
143:Family:
107:Chordata
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97:Animalia
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60:IUCN 3.1
1525:2421341
1418:Q178729
1005:Geotria
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784:Extant
627:Zootaxa
511:inconnu
480:riffles
474:in the
425:lamprey
421:species
371:praecox
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123:Class:
117:Agnatha
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533:Status
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519:burbot
517:, and
505:, and
499:salmon
484:larvae
476:gravel
472:spawns
433:Arctic
1637:WoRMS
1546:IRMNG
1473:12311
1468:EUNIS
1460:6Q2LL
523:gulls
450:olive
1611:OBIS
1598:NCBI
1572:IUCN
1559:ITIS
1520:GBIF
1512:2524
1442:BOLD
678:2017
645:PMID
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608:2021
591:2013
547:IUCN
543:bait
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