πPhoto: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region Β· Public domain
πSea lamprey
The sea lamprey is a parasitic lamprey native to the Northern Hemisphere. It is sometimes referred to as the "vampire fish".
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 1.38 kg
- Body length
- 0.6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 9 years
Everything we know about the Sea lamprey
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.38 kgrecord 2.5 kg Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length0.6 mrecord 1.2 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase Β· v25.04 Β· CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan9 yearsrecord 11 years Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge Β· AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) Β· CC BY 3.0
Trophic level4.37FishBaseDetails βHide β
Source: FishBase Β· v25.04, estimate table Β· CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 4.37 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l1.4 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Sea lamprey yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassPetromyzonti
- βΊorderPetromyzontiformes
- βΊfamilyPetromyzontidae
- βΊgenusPetromyzon
- βΊspeciesPetromyzon marinus
- superclassCyclostomata
- orderPetromyzontiformes
- familyPetromyzontidae
- genusPetromyzon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassCyclostomata
- orderPetromyzontiformes
- familyPetromyzontidae
- genusPetromyzon
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