''Lampetra'' is a genus of
lamprey
Lampreys (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are an ancient extant lineage of jawless fish of the order Petromyzontiformes , placed in the superclass Cyclostomata. The adult lamprey may be characterized by a toothed, funnel-like s ...
s in the subfamily Petromyzontinae.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Lampetra aepyptera''
( C. C. Abbott, 1860) (Least brook lamprey)
* ''
Lampetra alavariensis
''Lampetra'' is a genus of lampreys in the subfamily Petromyzontinae.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Lampetra aepyptera'' ( C. C. Abbott, 1860) (Least brook lamprey)
* '' Lampetra alavariensis'' Mateus, Alves, ...
''
Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013 (Portuguese lamprey)
[Mateus, C.S., Alves, M.J., Quintella, B.R. & Almeida, P.R. (2013)]
Three new cryptic species of the lamprey genus ''Lampetra'' Bonnaterre, 1788 (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae) from the Iberian Peninsula.
''Contributions to Zoology'', 82 (1): 37-53.
* ''
Lampetra auremensis''
Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013 (Qurem lamprey)
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* '' Lampetra ayresii'' ( Günther, 1870) (Western river lamprey)
* '']Lampetra fluviatilis
The European river lamprey (''Lampetra fluviatilis''), also known as the river lamprey or lampern, is a species of freshwater lamprey.
Description
Adult river lampreys measure from for the sea-going forms and up to for the lake forms. The very ...
'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) (European river lamprey)
* '' Lampetra hubbsi'' (Vladykov & Kott 1976) ( Kern brook lamprey)
* '' Lampetra lamottei'' ( Lesueur, 1827) (Brook lamprey)
* '' Lampetra lanceolata'' Kux & H. M. Steiner, 1972 (Turkish brook lamprey)
* '' Lampetra lusitanica'' Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013[
* '' Lampetra pacifica'' Vladykov 1973 (Pacific brook lamprey)
* '' Lampetra planeri'' (]Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
*Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
*Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor journal ...
, 1784) (European brook lamprey)
* '' Lampetra richardsoni'' ( Vladykov & Follett, 1965) (Western brook lamprey)
References
Jawless fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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