Epirus brook lamprey
📖 Overview
Overview information for Epirus brook lamprey is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Eudontomyzon graecus is distinguished from its European congeners by possessing the following character states: nonparasitic mode of life; adults with large, blunt labial teeth covering all fields in a pavement-like arrangement; one or more bicuspid teeth in the first anterial row; two or more bicuspid teeth in the first posterial row; 7-11 teeth on the infraoral lamina; endolateral formula, 2-2-2; 2-5 velar tentacles without wings; ammocoetes and adults with 53-61 trunk myomeres; rounded caudal fin; relatively longer tail length against TL; ammocoetes with relatively shorter trunk length against TL; weakly pigmented (i.e., +) upper lip; unpigmented tongue precursor bulb; unpigmented areas lateral to the tongue precursor elastic ridge .: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Epirus brook lamprey is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Epirus brook lamprey is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Semelparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 40°N - 39°N, 20°E - 21°E Endemic to the Epirus Periphery, Greece, being found only in the Loúros River and one of its tributaries, Filippiás Brook (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
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🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
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🔍 Similar Species
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