Lethenteron

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Lethenteron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lethenteron
Creaser & Carl Hubbs, 1922

Lethenteron is a genus of fish in the Petromyzontidae family.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: [1]

  • Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott, 1978 (Alaskan brook lamprey)
  • Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842) (American brook lamprey)
  • Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811) (Arctic lamprey)
  • Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)
  • Lethenteron matsubarai (Vladykov & Kott, 1978)
  • Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009
  • Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey)
  • Lethenteron zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) (Po brook lamprey)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Lethenteron in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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