Species details : Geotria australis Gray, 1851

Accepted scientific name:
Geotria australis Gray, 1851 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Geotria australis  Gray, 1851
Synonyms:
Ammocoetes caeruleus Philippi, 1858 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Ammocoetes caeruleus Philippi, 1858
Ammocoetes coeruleus Philippi, 1858 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Ammocoetes coeruleus Philippi, 1858
Ammocoetes landbecki Philippi, 1858 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ammocoetes landbecki Philippi, 1858
Dionisia patagonica Lahille, 1915 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Dionisia patagonica Lahille, 1915
Geotria allporti Günther, 1872 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotria allporti Günther, 1872
Geotria gallegensis Smitt, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotria gallegensis Smitt, 1901
Geotria macrostoma f. gallegensis Smitt, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotria macrostoma f. gallegensis Smitt, 1901
Geotria macrostoma gallegensis Smitt, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotria macrostoma gallegensis Smitt, 1901
Geotria saccifera Regan, 1911 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotria saccifera Regan, 1911
Macrophthalmia chilensis Plate, 1897 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Macrophthalmia chilensis Plate, 1897
Neomordacia howittii Castelnau, 1872 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Neomordacia howittii Castelnau, 1872
Petromyzon fonki Philippi, 1865 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Petromyzon fonki Philippi, 1865
Petromyzon macrostomus Burmeister, 1868 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Petromyzon macrostomus Burmeister, 1868
Petromyzon onki Philippi, 1865 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Petromyzon onki Philippi, 1865
Thysanochilus valdivianus Philippi, 1857 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Thysanochilus valdivianus Philippi, 1857
Velasia chilensis Gray, 1851 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Velasia chilensis Gray, 1851
Velasia stenostomus Ogilby, 1896 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Velasia stenostomus Ogilby, 1896
Yarra singularis Castelnau, 1872 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Yarra singularis Castelnau, 1872
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Poset lampret - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Lamprey - English New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Pouched lamprey - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Pouched lamprey - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Wide-mouthed lamprey - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Korokoro - German Georgia Click here to show the literature
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澳洲囊口七鰓鰻 Ao jhou nang kou ci sai man Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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澳洲囊口七鳃鳗 Ao zhou nang kou qi sai man Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Korokoro - Maori New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Avstraliyskaya minoga - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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минога австралийская - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Anguila blanca - Spanish Chile Click here to show the literature
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Lamprea de bolsa - Spanish Chile Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Cephalaspidomorphi FishBase
Order Petromyzontiformes FishBase
Family Geotriidae FishBase
Genus Geotria FishBase
Distribution: South America, South Australia, South New Zealand. Southwestern Atlantic, southwestern and soustheastern Pacific.
Coasts of South America: Chile, southern Argentina.
Chile: Andalién, Biobío, Carampangue, Malleco, Picoiquén, Huequén, Purén, Claro, Mehuín, Calle-Calle, Valdivia, Toma Galeones, Santo Domingo, Maullín, Curilelfu, and Donguil rivers, and Lake Risopatron;
Argentina: Limay River;
Falkland and South Georgia islands.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater,marine
Additional data: Neira et al. (1988) showed that ammocoetes of an Argentinian population were morphologically distinct from ammocoetes of both Chilean and Australasian (mainland Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand) populations of the species. Additionally, they st
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6947
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27ba5190-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401