Mordacia

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Kingdom Animalia Order Petromyzontiformes Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Scientific name Mordacia

Family Mordaciidae T. N. Gill, 1893 Lower classifications Mordacia mordax, Mordacia lapicida, Mordacia praecox

Mordacia is the sole genus of the family Mordaciidae, also known as the southern topeyed lampreys.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Mordacia lapicida (J. E. Gray, 1851) (Chilean lamprey)

Mordacia mordax (J. Richardson, 1846) (Australian lamprey)

Mordacia praecox Potter, 1968 (Australian brook lamprey)

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