Caspian lamprey

The Caspian lamprey, Caspiomyzon wagneri, is a species of lamprey native to the Caspian Sea.

The Caspian lamprey lives in the demersal, anadromous, freshwater, brackish, marine environment.

The Caspian lamprey, Caspiomyzon wagneri, is a species of lamprey native to the Caspian Sea. It is a non-parasitic lamprey that feeds on animal carcasses. Stub icon This fish-related article is a stub. More

Caspian lamprey (Caspiomyzon wagneri), bastard or ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris), beluga (Huso huso), Volga shad (Alosa kessleri volgensis), Caspian trout (Salmo trutta caspius), inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys), Caspian schemaya (Chalcalburnus chalcoides chalcoides), Caspian vimba (Vimba vimba persa), Caspian barbel (Barbus More

Caspian Seal Pusa caspica (EN), Caspian Lamprey Caspiomyzon wagneri (NT), Fringebarbel Sturgeon Acipenser nudiventris (EN; TmRDB), Stellate Sturgeon Acipenser stellatus (EN), Russian Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (EN), and European Sturgeon Huso huso (EN). Beloribitsa Stenodus leucichthys (EX in the wild). More

The Caspian lamprey has been proposed for inclusion in the "Red Book of the U.S.S.R." which forms the basis for measures to protect species (Pavlov et al., 1985) and is listed as "vulnerable" in Europe by Lelek (1987) and Maitland (1991). More

Caspian lamprey, which ordinarily live in the landlocked Caspian Sea south of the Russian steppes. The newspaper went on to say that ''although it is unlikely that the unusual marine specimen found its own way out of the Caspian, . . . More

Common names

Caspian lamprey in English
Kaspiiskaya minoga ili volzhskaya minoga in Russian (русский язык)
Kaspisk lampret in Danish (dansk)
Kaspiskt nejonöga in Swedish (Svenska)
Mahi Dahangerd Daryacheh-ye Khazar in Farsi
Mahi Dahangerd Daryacheh-ye Khazar in Persian (‫فارسی)
Mar Mahi in Farsi
Mar Mahi in Persian (‫فارسی)
Mar Mahi Dahangerd in Farsi
Mar Mahi Dahangerd in Persian (‫فارسی)
Marmahi-e-Dahanguerd-e-Daryaye Khazar in Farsi
Marmahi-e-Dahanguerd-e-Daryaye Khazar in Persian (‫فارسی)
Minóg kaspijski in Polish (polski)
Volga lamprey in English
волжская in Russian (русский язык)
каспийская минога in Russian (русский язык)
минога каспийская in Russian (русский язык)
مارماهي in Farsi
ماهي دهان گرد in Farsi

Order : Petromyzontiformes
Family : Petromyzontidae
Genus : Caspiomyzon
Species : Caspiomyzon wagneri
Authority : Kessler, 1870