Chestnut lamprey

The Chestnut lamprey lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

1800s, the chestnut lamprey was reported from the eastern third of Kansas. Today, the chestnut lamprey probably only exists in the Missouri River. More

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Girard described the chestnut lamprey in 1858. ETYMOLOGY: Ichthy means fish. Myzon means sucking. Castaneus means chestnut, referring to body color. More

Chestnut Lamprey - The chestnut lamprey has a notched, but not divided, dorsal fin; a head wider than its body; and an olive to brown or yellow color. More

The chestnut lamprey is most similar to the southern brook lamprey. More

Chestnut lamprey-Ichthyomyzon castaneus - Native: Yes State Rank: S2 ITIS Code: 159725 National Rank: N4 More

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CHESTNUT LAMPREY (Ichthyomyzon castaneus) = KANSAS: Threatened FEDERAL: N/A Chestnut Lamprey Photo by Konrad Schmidt SPECIES DESCRIPTION The lampreys are primitive eel-like fishes which differ from true More

The chestnut lamprey (Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard) was reported from the Sheyenne River at Lisbon, and from the Red Lake River at Grand Forks and at Crookston, by Woolman (1896), who incorrectly reported the species as Ammocoetes branchialis (Cox 1897) (Fig. A1). More

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Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard, the chestnut lamprey, was listed as Ammocoetes branchialis by Woolman (1896), who collected it from the Sheyenne River at Lisbon and the Red Lake River at Grand Forks and Crookston (Figure A1). More

Mark Flammang holds a chestnut lamprey captured at the Rathbun Lake Dam spillway. Dan Ehl/Daily Ioweigan Mark Flammang holds a chestnut lamprey captured Tuesday at the Rathbun Lake Dam spillway. More

Chestnut lamprey photoPhoto of Chestnut Lamprey mouthPhoto depicting parasitic behaviour of chestnut lamprey Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site. More

Mark Flammang holds a chestnut lamprey captured Tuesday at the Rathbun Lake Dam spillway. More

Chestnut Lamprey - Ichthyomyzon castaneus Little Buffalo River - Waynesboro, Tennessee More

The chestnut lamprey preys on primarily sucker species, attaching itself to the fish by its disc shaped mouth and rows of sharp teeth. More

Chestnut Lamprey Predation on Caged and Free-living Brown Trout in the Upper Manistee River, Michigan Andrew J. Nuhfer Hunt Creek Fisheries Research Station Lewiston, Michigan Abstract. More

Common names

chestnut lamprey in English
Kastanielampret in Danish (dansk)
lamproie brune in French (français)
栗色魚吸鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
栗色鱼吸鳗 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Petromyzontiformes
Family : Petromyzontidae
Genus : Ichthyomyzon
Species : Ichthyomyzon castaneus
Authority : Girard, 1858