Talk:Petromyzontidae
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 | On 9 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Northern lamprey to Petromyzontidae. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 9 November 2023
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 06:21, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Northern lamprey → Petromyzontidae – Correct taxonomic name. "Northern lamprey" is vague. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:36, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- Support, the scientific name is more commonly used than "northern lamprey" according to n-grams. "Northern lamprey' is imprecicise as it is also used specifically as a vernacular name for Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (see [FishBase). Plantdrew (talk) 22:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- Support. YorkshireExpat (talk) 20:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
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