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Lampetra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Lampetra

Higher classification
  
Northern lampreys

Order
  
Lamprey

Family
  
Petromyzontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
European river lamprey, Brook lamprey, Pacific lamprey, Kern brook lamprey

Lampetra ayresii river lamprey in stoney creek


Lampetra is a genus of lampreys in the subfamily Petromyzontinae.

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Lampetra European brook lamprey Lampetra planeri

  • Lampetra aepyptera (C. C. Abbott, 1860) (Least brook lamprey)
  • Lampetra alavariensis Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013
  • Lampetra auremensis Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013
  • Lampetra ayresii (Günther, 1870)
  • Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (European river lamprey)
  • Lampetra lamottei (Lesueur, 1827) (brook lamprey)
  • Lampetra lanceolata Kux & H. M. Steiner, 1972 (Turkish brook lamprey)
  • Lampetra lusitanica Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013
  • Lampetra planeri (Bloch, 1784) (European brook lamprey)
  • Lampetra richardsoni (Vladykov & Follett, 1965) (Western brook lamprey)

    • Lampetra Lampetra tridentata Pacific lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus

    Lampetra European brook lamprey Lampetra planeri

    Lampetra aepyptera Least Brook Lamprey Tennessee trib Hardin county

    References

    Lampetra Wikipedia
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