Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0. With 58-65 trunk myomeres. The trunk is mottled in ammocoetes. The caudal fin is of spade-like shape and grey to black. The exolateral teeth are villiform, very small, weakly developed and frequently absent.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Petromyzonti

Order: Petromyzontiformes

Family: Petromyzontidae

Genus: Eudontomyzon

Species: Eudontomyzon stankokaramani Karaman, 1974

Climate Zone

Location

• Europe: Drin drainage, including Lake Ohrid and Lake Skadar basins (Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro).

Biology

A non-parasitic species (Ref. 58030). Adults inhabit piedmont and montane zones in clear, well oxygenated brooks. Ammocoetes live in detritus-rich sands or clay sediments (Ref. 59043).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless