Ohio Lamprey

Ichthyomyzon bdellium

About This Fish

As the common name suggests, the Ohio Lamprey is found in Ohio River Drainages from Tennessee to New York. As adults, they live in medium to large rivers, but larvae (ammocoetes) are found in streams along banks in soft substrate. Ohio Lampreys are parasitic, meaning they feed as adults by attaching to fish using suction from their oral disc and grasping flesh with the teeth on their mouth and tongue.

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Ichthyomyzon

Tennessee (TN), Kentucky (KY), Georgia (GA)

Upper Cumberland – 05130101, Rockcastle – 05130102, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland – 05130103, South Fork Cumberland – 05130104, Lower Cumberland – 05130205, Red – 05130206, North Fork Holston – 06010101, Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee – 06010103, Holston – 06010104, Upper French Board – 06010105, Pigeon – 06010106, Lower French Board – 06010107, Nolichucky – 06010108, Watts Bar Lake – 06010201, Upper Little Tennessee – 06010202, Tuckasegee – 06010203, Lower Little Tennessee – 06010204, Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia – 06010205, Powell – 06010206, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Hiwassee – 06020002, Ocoee – 06020003, Sequatchie – 06020004, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Upper Elk – 06030003, Lower Elk – 06030004, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Upper Duck – 06040002, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Lower Duck – 06040003, Kentucky Lake – 06040005

Ohio Lamprey

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