WoRMS name details
Lampetra ayresii (Günther, 1870)
271316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271316)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Ammocoetes cibarius Girard, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lampetra cibaria (Girard, 1858) · unaccepted
Lampetra eyresi (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Petromyzon plumbeus Ayres, 1855 · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lampetra ayresii (Günther, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271316 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Western brook lampreyriver lamprey | [details] |
| French | lamproie du l'ouest [from synonym]lamproie à quere noire [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Lampetra cibaria (Girard, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ammocoetes cibarius Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampetra ayresii)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampetra richardsoni) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petromyzon plumbeus Ayres, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampetra eyresi (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampetra cibaria (Girard, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Ammocoetes cibarius Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (216 nucleotides; 233 proteins) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Lampetra cibaria (Girard, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ammocoetes cibarius Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampetra ayresii)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lampetra richardsoni) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petromyzon plumbeus Ayres, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Lampetra eyresi (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Lampetra cibaria (Girard, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Ammocoetes cibarius Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (216 nucleotides; 233 proteins) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Lampetra ayresi (Günther, 1870))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Lampetra richardsoni Vladykov & Follett, 1965)
To ITIS
