Species profile—Mordacia praecox (non-parasitic lamprey)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Petromyzonti (lampreys) → Mordaciidae (southern topeyed lampreys) → Mordacia praecox (non-parasitic lamprey)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Petromyzonti (lampreys)
- Family
- Mordaciidae (southern topeyed lampreys)
- Scientific name
- Mordacia praecox Potter, 1968
- Common name
- non-parasitic lamprey
- Type reference
- Potter, I.C. (1968). Mordacia praecox, n. sp., a nonparasitic lamprey (Petromyzontidae), from New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92(3), 254-261.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 30038
- Alternate name(s)
- precocious lamprey
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
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=30038.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
