Kern brook lamprey

The Kern brook lamprey lives in the demersal, non-migratory, freshwater environment.

The non-predatory Kern brook lamprey has not been extensively studied and identified because of a limited and scattered distribution. They appear similar to the western brook lamprey in both appearance and life history. Kern brook lampreys tend to occupy slow backwaters of foothill streams. More

lamprey, river lamprey, and Kern brook lamprey in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. Further, the petitioners requested designation of critical habitat for the range of the species or for distinct population segments comprised of one or more major river basins. More

The Kern brook lamprey (Lampetra hubbsi) was also identified in the petition. However, this species is being addressed in a separate finding, which is being prepared by the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office in California, and is not addressed in this notice. More

The kern brook lamprey (Lampetra hubbsi) is a species of fish in the Petromyzontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Source - * Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Lampetra hubbsi. More

The Kern Brook lamprey is endemic to the San Joaquin River and a handful of its tributary drainages on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley. Probable populations are thinly scattered throughout the San Joaquin drainage and isolated from one another. More

Kern brook lamprey in California. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologists based in Vancouver have been studying Pacific lamprey spawning in Cedar Creek in north Clark County since 2000. More

except for Kern brook lamprey which are limited to a small portion of the San Joaquin River Basin of California. Lamprey are an important component of the food web-in one study, making up 11% of Columbia River harbor seals' diets. More

Common names

Kern brook lamprey in English
Kern-lampret in Danish (dansk)
赫氏七鰓鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
赫氏七鳃鳗 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Petromyzontiformes
Family : Petromyzontidae
Genus : Entosphenus
Species : Entosphenus hubbsi
Authority : Vladykov & Kott, 1976