カワヤツメ
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Meanings
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Arctic lamprey; Lethenteron camtschaticum
usually written using kana alone
A species of lamprey found in Arctic and northern Pacific waters. In Japanese, the name is usually written in katakana as カワヤツメ.
See also: シベリアヤツメ
The Arctic lamprey inhabits the Arctic Ocean and the North Pacific.
There are still many unknowns about the ecology of the Arctic lamprey.