Lethenteron

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Lethenteron
Lethenteron camtschaticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Hyperoartia
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lethenteron
Creaser & Hubbs 1922
Type species
Lethenteron appendix
(DeKay 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lampetra (Lethenteron) Creaser & Hubbs 1922

Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. PMID 25543675
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  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Lethenteron in FishBase. January 2024 version.
  3. ^ a b Renaud, C. & Naseka, A. (2015): Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae). ZooKeys, 506: 75-93.