Species profile—Mordacia mordax (shorthead lamprey)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Petromyzonti (lampreys) → Mordaciidae (southern topeyed lampreys) → Mordacia mordax (shorthead lamprey)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Petromyzonti (lampreys)
- Family
- Mordaciidae (southern topeyed lampreys)
- Scientific name
- Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846)
- Common name
- shorthead lamprey
- Type reference
- Richardson, J. (1846). Ichthyology. 53-74 pls 31-41, 43-44 & 53 (part) in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. E.W. Janson, London Vol. 2 139 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 26976
- Alternate name(s)
- short-headed lamprey
Australian lamprey - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Exotic
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=26976.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
