Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- 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 mitsukurii (Hatta, 1901)
- Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)
- Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey) [3]
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, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lethenteron". FishBase. January 2024 version.
- ^ a b Renaud, C.; Naseka, A. (2015). "Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae)". ZooKeys (506): 75–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.506.9817. PMC 4467182. PMID 26085795.
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