Lethenteron

Updated on Oct 12, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Lethenteron Higher classification Northern lampreys Order Lamprey		Family Petromyzontidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Arctic lamprey, Asiatic Brook Lamprey, Lombardy lamprey

Breathing of lamprey cyclostomata lethenteron japonicum

Lethenteron is a genus of Lamprey in the Petromyzontidae family.

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)

Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)

Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)

Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey)

Lethenteron zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) (Po brook lamprey)

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