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Etymology: Lampetra: lambo (L.), to lick; petra (Gr.), rock or stone, referring to their suctorial behavior (adults attach to rocks during nest building and mating). (See ETYFish); fluviatilis: Latin for “of a river,” referring to its upstream river spawning migration. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Linnaeus.