#2137 · 🐟 fish
European Brook Lamprey
🇳🇱 Beekprik ·Lampetra planeri
📍 Krzywa 5, 66-010, Polen
📍 Кузьмищево, Калужская область, RU
📍 02 Herrnhut, Deutschland
📍 Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Marco Martinoli · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Tom Kirschey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Bas Kers · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © StefanoS · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Dmitry Ivanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Krzywa 5, 66-010, Polen:© Rolf A. Engelmann · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Кузьмищево, Калужская область, RU:© Любовь · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 02 Herrnhut, Deutschland:© Arne Beck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR:© Prat · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The brook lamprey ( Lampetra planeri , also known as the European brook lamprey and the western brook lamprey ) is a small European lamprey species that exclusively inhabits freshwater environments. The species is related to, but distinct from, the North American western brook lamprey ( Lampetra richardsoni ).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 439 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1784 (242 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Brook Lamprey
- Nederlands
- Beekprik
- scientific name
- Lampetra planeri
- class
- Petromyzonti
- order
- Petromyzontiformes
- family
- Petromyzontidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 236
- sightings worldwide
- 439
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,462
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1784 by Marcus Elieser Bloch
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 103978, Wikidata Q798246, GBIF 2421402, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.