Lampetra
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Lampetra is a genus of lamprey
in the sub-family Petromyzontinae.
It contains the following species:
Lamprey
Lampreys are a family of jawless fish, whose adults are characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. Translated from an admixture of Latin and Greek, lamprey means stone lickers...
in the sub-family Petromyzontinae.
It contains the following species:
- Lampetra aepypteraLampetra aepypteraLampetra aepyptera is a common non-parasitic lamprey distributed in the Mississippi watershed and in a limited range along the Atlantic coast.-Physical description:...
(C. C. AbbottCharles Conrad AbbottCharles Conrad Abbott was an American archaeologist and naturalist, born at Trenton, New Jersey. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and served as a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War...
, 1860) (Least brook lamprey) - Lampetra alaskensis (Vladykov & Kott, 1978) (Alaskan brook lamprey)
- Lampetra appendixLampetra appendixThe American brook lamprey , is non-parasitic, and their disc-like mouths contain poorly developed teeth, useless for attaching to a host.-Physical description:...
(DeKay, 1842) (American brook lamprey) - Lampetra ayresii (Günther, 1870)
- Lampetra fluviatilis (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) (River lamprey) - Lampetra folletti (Vladykov & Kott, 1976) (Modoc Brook lamprey)
- Lampetra geminis (Álvarez, 1964) (Mexican brook lamprey)
- Lampetra hubbsi (Vladykov & Kott, 1976) (Kern brook lamprey)
- Lampetra lamottei (LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...
, 1827) (Brook lamprey) - Lampetra lethophaga (Carl HubbsCarl Leavitt Hubbs-Youth:He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs . The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history...
, 1971) (Pit-Klamath brook lamprey) - Lampetra macrostoma (Beamish, 1982) (Vancouver lamprey)
- Lampetra minima (C. E. Bond & T. T. Kan, 1973) (Miller Lake lamprey)
- Lampetra morii L. S. Berg, 1931 (Korean Lamprey)
- Lampetra planeri (BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
, 1784) (European brook lamprey) - Lampetra richardsoni (Vladykov & Follett, 1965) (Western brook lamprey)
- Lampetra similis (Vladykov & Kott, 1979) (Klamath river lamprey)
- Lampetra spadiceus (BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
, 1887) (Mexican lamprey) - Lampetra tridentata (J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1836) (Pacific lamprey) - Lampetra zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) (Po brook lamprey)