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Least Brook Lamprey


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#1 ZachT

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Posted 02 April 2019 - 06:59 PM

Hi everyone, 

 

I posted here a bit a few years ago, and my interest in fish has only grown since then. This year I was really interested in seeing lampreys, so I explored some new streams around my area.  I thought I had missed my chance, but after stopping at a new site I drove by on an impulse, I saw some wriggling above a riffle. Success! My first Least Brook Lampreys (Lampetra aepyptera) or lampreys of any sort.

 

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Some video of a couple individuals digging spawning pits: 

 

 

Maybe next year I can see more individuals spawning at once. 

 

-Zach



#2 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 02 April 2019 - 08:16 PM

Always a treat to see lamprey except sea lamprey. In Ohio anyway. Great find.


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#3 JasonL

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Posted 02 April 2019 - 10:51 PM

Very nice. Lampreys remain elusive to me thus far. Congrats on finding one.

#4 Doug_Dame

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Posted 03 April 2019 - 08:28 PM

I've caught a few in northern Alabama. One grabbed my fingertip. Which startled me so much I instinctively flung it a long way. Like 15 yards. Which I regretted as it disappeared from sight. Fortunately, it landed in water.

 

Moral of the story: if you catch a lamprey in your dipnet, and you want to examine it more carefully to see what kind it might be ... be thoughtful & careful where you put your fingers.

 

You're welcome.


Doug Dame

Floridian now back in Florida
 


#5 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 03 April 2019 - 08:42 PM

I've caught a few in northern Alabama. One grabbed my fingertip. Which startled me so much I instinctively flung it a long way. Like 15 yards. Which I regretted as it disappeared from sight. Fortunately, it landed in water.

 

Moral of the story: if you catch a lamprey in your dipnet, and you want to examine it more carefully to see what kind it might be ... be thoughtful & careful where you put your fingers.

 

You're welcome.

They are great once they are in a photo tank. They invariably latch onto the glass or plastic and pose for a good disc picture. Just have to skip that creepy skin latching step.


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