Lethenteron
| Lethenteron | |
|---|---|
| Lethenteron camtschaticum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Superclass: | Cyclostomi |
| Class: | Petromyzontida |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Family: | Petromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Lethenteron Creaser & Hubbs, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.
Species
There are currently 9 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)
- Lethenteron hattai Iwata, Sakai & Goto, 2024 (Southern Japanese brook lamprey)[3]
- Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)
- Lethenteron mitsukurii (Hatta, 1901) (Northern Japanese brook lamprey)[3]
- Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)
- Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey)[4]
- Lethenteron satoi Sakai, Iwata & Watanabe, 2024 (Fan-tailed brook lamprey)[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lethenteron". FishBase. November 2025 version.
- ^ a b c Harumi Sakai, Akihisa Iwata, Katsutoshi Watanabe & Akira Goto (2024). Taxonomic re-examination of Japanese brook lampreys of the genus Lethenteron with descriptions of two new species, Lethenteron satoi sp. nov. and Lethenteron hattai sp. nov., and re-description of Lethenteron mitsukurii. Ichthyological Research 72, 289–319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-024-00997-7
- ^ Renaud, C.; Naseka, A. (2015). "Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae)". ZooKeys (506): 75–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.506.9817. PMC 4467182. PMID 26085795.