Mordacia
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Mordacia is the sole genus of the subfamily Mordaciinae of the family Petromyzontidae. It contains the following species:
- Mordacia lapicidaMordacia lapicidaMordacia lapicida, also known as the Chilean Lamprey, is a species of fish in the Petromyzontidae family. It is endemic to Chile.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 3 August 2007....
(J. E. GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1851) (Chilean lamprey) - Mordacia mordaxMordacia mordaxThe short-headed lamprey, Mordacia mordax, also known as the Australian lamprey and the Murray lamprey, is a species of lamprey that occurs in south-eastern Australia. It has a thin eel-like body up to 50 cm long, with two low dorsal fins on the back half. The skin is blue-gray or brown...
(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...
, 1846) (Australian lamprey) - Mordacia praecoxMordacia praecoxMordacia praecox, the non-parasitic lamprey, is a freshwater species of lamprey that occurs in south-eastern Australia. It has a thin eel-like body around 12 to 15 cm long, with two low dorsal fins on the back half. The skin is dark blue above and gray below...
(Potter, 1968) (Non-parasitic lamprey)