Biology:Lethenteron

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Short description: Genus of jawless fishes

Lethenteron
Lampetra camtschatica.jpg
Lethenteron camtschaticum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Hyperoartia
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lethenteron
Creaser & Hubbs 1922
Type species
Lethenteron appendix
(DeKay 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lampetra (Lethenteron) Creaser & Hubbs 1922

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

  1. 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. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Lethenteron in FishBase. January 2024 version.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Renaud, C. & Naseka, A. (2015): Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae). ZooKeys, 506: 75-93.

Wikidata ☰ Q860233 entry