sea lamprey
Petromyzon marinus
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Petromyzonti
- Order
- Petromyzontiformes
- Family
- Petromyzontidae
- Genus
- Petromyzon
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 7 countries and 2 regions.
- Bornholm, Denmark - 1 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 11 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 6 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 18 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 8 records
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 200 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 30 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 34 records
- Québec, Canada - 240 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 9 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 23 records
- New England, United States - 55 records