Lampetra
Genus of jawless fishes
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Lampetra is a genus of lampreys in the family Petromyzontidae.
| Lampetra | |
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| A European River Lamprey (L. fluviatilis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | Petromyzontida |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Family: | Petromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Lampetra Bonnaterre 1788 |
| Type species | |
| Petromyzon planeri Bloch 1784 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phylogenetic studies indicate that this genus as presently defined is polyphyletic, with species of this genus from western North America forming a clade that forms the sister group to Lethenteron, Eudontomyzon, and Lampetra sensu stricto (eastern North American and European species).[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Lampetra aepyptera (C. C. Abbott, 1860) (Least brook lamprey)
- Lampetra alavariensis Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013 (Portuguese lamprey)[3]
- Lampetra auremensis Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013 (Qurem lamprey)[3]
- Lampetra ayresii (Günther, 1870) (Western river lamprey)
- Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (European river lamprey)
- Lampetra hubbsi (Vladykov & Kott 1976) (Kern brook lamprey)
- Lampetra lanceolata Kux & H. M. Steiner, 1972 (Turkish brook lamprey)
- Lampetra lusitanica Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013[3]
- Lampetra pacifica Vladykov 1973 (Pacific brook lamprey)
- Lampetra planeri (Bloch, 1784) (European brook lamprey)
- Lampetra richardsoni (Vladykov & Follett, 1965) (Western brook lamprey)
- Lampetra soljani Tutman, Freyhof, Dulčić, Glamuzina & Geiger, 2017
- Lampetra zanandreai Vladykov, 1955 (Po brook lamprey)