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European river lamprey, River Lamprey

Lampetra fluviatilis

493Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
45Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb6
Mar24
Apr32
May15
Jun20
Jul78
Aug64
Sep111
Oct76
Nov27
Dec7

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England34
2Powys Wales27
3Gloucestershire England24
4Pembrokeshire Wales19
5Cumbria England16
6Monmouthshire Wales14
7Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland10
8Carmarthenshire Wales9
9Gwynedd Wales7
10Wrexham Wales7
11Ceredigion Wales6
12Denbighshire Wales6
13Cambridgeshire England5
14Norfolk England5
15East Riding of Yorkshire England5
328 England14 Scotland110 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
493
Peak month
September
Counties with records
45
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Lampetra fluviatilis
Also known as
River lamprey
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
478
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Petromyzonti
Order
Petromyzontiformes
Family
Petromyzontidae
Genus
Lampetra
Name with authority
Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q301019 · GBIF 2421365