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Brook lamprey

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iBrook lamprey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lampetra
Species: L. planeri
Binomial name
Lampetra planeri
Bloch, 1784

The Brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri, also known as the European brook lamprey and the Western brook lamprey) is a jawless fish found in the European part of the Atlantic Ocean, the northwest Mediterranean, and on the European continent. It is blind and toothless for up to six years, and consumes algae and other organic matter. Adults breed only once and then die.

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  • Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005
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