Author: Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009
FBname: Western Transcaucasian lamprey
Comments: Freshwater. Ammocoetes live in silt, sand or fine pebble substrate in the middle and lower sections of rivers where the current is absent or slow, at water depths of 10-50 cm, among submerged plants (<i>Rumex acetosella</i>, <i>Polygonum sp.</i>, <i>Juncus sp.</i>). Adults are also found in the same general habitat as both life stages are commonly caught together. Metamorphosis is believed to occur prior to mid-September when fully metamorphosed individuals were first caught. Adults are nonparasitic. The spawning period is undetermined (Ref. 89241)..