Lethenteron

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Superclassis: Cyclostomi
Classis: Petromyzonti
Ordo: Petromyzontiformes

Familia: Petromyzontidae
Subfamilia: Petromyzontinae
Genus: Lethenteron
Species: L. alaskense – L. appendix – L. camtschaticum – L. japonicum – L. kessleri – L. matsubarai – L. ninae – L. reissneri – L. zanandreai
Name

Lethenteron Creaser & Hubbs, 1922
References

Naseka, A.M.; Tuniyev, S.B.; Renaud, C.B. 2009: Lethenteron ninae, a new nonparasitic lamprey species from the north-eastern Black Sea basin (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae). Zootaxa, 2198: 16–26. Abstract & excerpt

Category:

Taxa described in 1922

Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.
Species

There are currently 7 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) (Japanese brook lamprey)[3]
Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)
Lethenteron mitsukurii (Hatta, 1901)
Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)
Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Lethenteron in FishBase. January 2024 version.
Renaud, C. & Naseka, A. (2015): Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae). ZooKeys, 506: 75-93.