Arctic lamprey

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Arctic lamprey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Subfamily: Petromyzontinae
Genus: Lethenteron
Species: L. japonicum
Binomial name
Lethenteron japonicum
von Martens, 1868

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum, formerly Lampetra japonica) is a freshwater species of lamprey that inhabits the Arctic.

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