Lethenteron
| Lethenteron | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Cephalaspidomorphi |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Family: | Petromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Lethenteron Creaser & C. L. Hubbs, 1922 |
Lethenteron is a genus of Lamprey in the Petromyzontidae family.
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) [1]
- Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)
- Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)
- Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey) [1]
- Lethenteron zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) (Po brook lamprey)
References
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