Northern Brook Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor): COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Northern Brook Lamprey Ichthyomyzon Fossor (Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence Populations Saskatchewan – Nelson Population) in Canada

northern brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor)

Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations - Special Concern
Saskatchewan – Nelson population – Data Deficient 2007


COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada


COSEPAC

Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the northern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor (Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations and Saskatchewan – Nelson population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa.  vi + 30 pp.

Previous report

Lanteigne, Jacqueline. 1991. COSEWIC status report on the northern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-21 pp.

Production note

COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Fraser Neave, Nicholas Mandrak and Doug Cuddy for writing the status report on thenorthern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor (Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations and Saskatchewan – Nelson population) in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Dr. Claude Renaud, Co-chair, COSEWIC Freshwater Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee.

For additional copies contact:

COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3

Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la lamproie du Nord (Ichthyomyzon fossor) (Population des Grands Lacs - du haut Saint-Laurent et population de la Saskatchewan - Nelson) au Canada - Mise à jour.

Cover illustration

Northern Brook Lamprey – Provided by Fraser Neave.

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007
Catalogue No. CW69-14/520-2007E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-46000-8

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