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Nabão lamprey

Lampetra auremensis Mateus, Alves, Quintella & Almeida, 2013

Status not recordedfish

The nabão lamprey (Lampetra auremensis) is a species in the family Petromyzontidae, order Petromyzontiformes.

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Quick facts about the nabão lamprey

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the nabão lamprey live?

Not recorded

Is the nabão lamprey endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the nabão lamprey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classPetromyzonti
  4. orderPetromyzontiformes
  5. familyPetromyzontidae
  6. genusLampetra
  7. SpeciesLampetra auremensis Mateus, Alves, Quintella & Almeida, 2013
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Lampreia-do-nabãoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the nabão lamprey

Other species in the same genus Lampetra.

Sado lamprey

Lampetra lusitanica

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the nabão lamprey?

The nabão lamprey (Lampetra auremensis) belongs to the family Petromyzontidae in the order Petromyzontiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Nabão lamprey (Lampetra auremensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nabao-lamprey

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“Nabão lamprey (Lampetra auremensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nabao-lamprey.

BibTeX
@misc{nabao_lamprey_2026,
  title = {Nabão lamprey (Lampetra auremensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nabao-lamprey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}