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WoRMS taxon details
Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 101174
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
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Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758
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| Parent | | Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Ammocoetes bicolor Lesueur, 1818
Batymyzon bairdii (Gill, 1883)
Lampetra marina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oceanomyzon wilsoni Fowler, 1908
Petromyzon adriaticus Nardo, 1847
Petromyzon americanus Lesueur, 1818
Petromyzon bairdii Gill, 1883
Petromyzon concolor Wright, 1892
Petromyzon lampetra Pallas, 1814
Petromyzon maculosus Gronow, 1854
Petromyzon marinus dorsatus Wilder, 1883
Petromyzon marinus unicolor Gage, 1928
Petromyzon maximus Cuvier, 1816
Petromyzon nigricans Lesueur, 1818
Petromyzon ruber Lacepède, 1800
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| Sources | |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 230 [details]
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Agnatha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Bigelow, H.B. and W.C. Schroeder. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 1(2). Yale University, New Haven. 588 p. [details]
additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]
additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 230 [details]
context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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Vernacular Names | | |
Direct child taxa [show all] | | Subspecies Petromyzon marinus camtschaticus Tilesius, 1811 accepted as Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811)
Subspecies Petromyzon marinus dorsatus Wilder, 1883 accepted as Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Petromyzon marinus unicolor Gage, 1928 accepted as Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
IJsselmeer [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
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| Host of | |
Ergasilus caeruleus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus megaceros Wilson C.B., 1916 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (856 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (222356 nucleotides; 2418 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Algae, as well as live cod, haddock, hake, mackerel, shad, salmon, sturgeon, swordfish and basking sharks [details]
Distribution: Western Atlantic from Labrador to Gulf of Mexico [details]
Habitat: benthic [details]
Habitat: Anadromous species, spends adult life in saltwater except to spawn in freshwater streams. [details]
Importance: Social- Minor commercial [details]
Predators: Found in the stomachs of swordfish and striped bass [details]
Reproduction: Spawns in spring in freshwater streams [details]
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| Images | |
Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-08-10 - author: RIVO/Henk Henssen/2005 qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gilson (1921, fig. 01) added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gilson (1921, fig. 02) added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 003) added on 2008-08-11 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Blanchard) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 004) added on 2008-08-11 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Rauther) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked |
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Petromyzon marinus added on 2009-06-08 - author: Collection Karl-Heinz Dau qualitystatus: not checked |
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Sea lamprey added on 2011-03-07 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada ( ) qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101174 |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101174 on 2013-05-24 |
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