Greek lamprey

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Greek lamprey
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Eudontomyzon
Species: E. hellenicus
Binomial name
Eudontomyzon hellenicus
Vladykov, Renaud, Kott & Economidis, 1982

The greek lamprey (Eudontomyzon hellenicus) is a species of jawless fish in the Petromyzontidae family. It is endemic to Greece. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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