Lethenteron
Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.
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| Genus: | Lethenteron Creaser & Hubbs 1922 |
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Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
- Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott, 1978 (Alaskan brook lamprey)
- Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842) (American brook lamprey)
- Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811) (Arctic lamprey) (Japanese brook lamprey)[3]
- Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)
- Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)
- Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey) [3]
- Lethenteron zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) (Po brook lamprey)
References
- Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- Renaud, C. & Naseka, A. (2015): Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae). ZooKeys, 506: 75-93.
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