Greek lamprey

Greek lamprey
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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
Synonyms

Caspiomyzon hellenicus (Vladykov et al., 1982)

The Greek lamprey (Eudontomyzon hellenicus) (also known as the Greek brook lamprey) 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. This species may be better included in the genus Caspiomyzon. It is the most endangered species of lamprey. It lives only in the Strymon and Louros river basins.

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