Brief Note: Ohio Lamprey, Ichthyomyzon bdellium (Petromyzonidae), in Ohio: A Review and Recent Records

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1993-06

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Prior to 1983 only isolated specimens of Ohio lamprey {Ichthyomyzon bdellium) were collected at a few sites in the Ohio River drainage of Ohio, where it is listed as an endangered species. Seining surveys of the Little Muskingum River in 1983 and 1992 discovered a concentration of unattached adults in a riffle in May, as well as a recently metamorphosed subadult and an ammocoete, indicating that the species probably spawns there. Other Ohio River tributaries may support spawning populations as well.

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Author Institution: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, and Department of Life Science, Otterbein College

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The Ohio Journal of Science. v93, n3 (June, 1993), 42-43