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Lethenteron

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Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassPetromyzonti
  4. OrderPetromyzontiformes
  5. FamilyPetromyzontidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations220
Observations recorded7,225

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
35
Family
Petromyzontidae
Collections
CMN, ROM, UAM, NHMUK, OS, JFBM
Recorded in
Canada, United States, Japan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Petromyzontidae
Image
Lampetra camtschatica.jpg
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Commons category
Lethenteron
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Category:Lethenteron
taxon name
Lethenteron
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.

==Species== There are currently 9 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) Lethenteron hattai Iwata, Sakai & Goto, 2024 (Southern Japanese brook lamprey) Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey) Lethenteron mitsukurii (Hatta, 1901) (Northern Japanese brook lamprey) Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey) Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey) Lethenteron satoi Sakai, Iwata & Watanabe, 2024 (Fan-tailed brook lamprey)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lethenteron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.