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Lake Champlain's lamprey control program is managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [112] New York's Finger Lakes sea lamprey control program is managed solely by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. [112]
Lampetra ayresii is a species of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.It is also called the river lamprey or western river lamprey.It is found in the eastern Pacific, specifically from Tee Harbor, Juneau in Alaska to the Sacramento–San Joaquin drainage in California, USA.
Mordacia praecox, the Australian brook lamprey or nonparasitic lamprey, is a freshwater species of southern topeyed lamprey that occurs in south-eastern Australia. It has a thin eel-like body around 12 to 15 cm (4.7 to 5.9 in) long, with two low dorsal fins on the back half. The skin is dark blue above and grey below.
Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) Chestnut lamprey (Icthyomyzon castaneus) Northern brook lamprey (Icthyomyzon fossor) Silver lamprey (Icthyomyzon unicuspis) Western river lamprey (Lamptera ayresii) Western brook lamprey (Lamptera richardsoni) American brook lamprey (Lethenteron appendix) Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Close-up of a brook lamprey's anterior body. The brook lamprey is a common, non-parasitic species that is endemic to Europe. [1] Adult brook lampreys measure from 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in). The body is highly elongated and dark blue or greenish above, lightening to yellowish off-white on the sides and pure white on the ventral side.
The European river lamprey has a reproduction cycle similar to that of salmon. River lampreys migrate upstream from the sea to spawning grounds in autumn and winter. [11] [12] [13] Spawning activity is greatest in the springtime (like the brook lamprey) and after spawning, the adults die. The young larvae, known as ammocoetes, spend several ...
An adult lake lamprey is dark blue or dark brown with a lighter belly, and the body is 11.8-27.3 cm in length. The lamprey's disc-like mouth is filled with sharp teeth. The Vancouver lamprey has eyes on the top of its head, two dorsal fins, a caudal fin, and an anal fin. [6]
As with all lamprey species, the least brook lamprey spends the majority of its life as a worm-like ammocoete. The ammocoete (5 mm–20 cm) is clear with a pigmented head when small (<5 cm), but becomes a dark/golden brown as it matures. Ammocoetes have pigmented eye spots located in the head that can detect light and dark.