Petromyzontidae

Petromyzon marinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petromyzontiformes
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
Subfamiliae (2): Lampetrinae – Petromyzontinae

Genera incertae sedis: †Mesomyzon

Name

Petromyzontidae Bonaparte, 1831: 165, 189

• Type genus: Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758
• stem corrected to Petromyzont- by Owen (1846: 48) and in ICZN Opinion 1171.

Combinations

• Petromyzonidae Bonaparte, 1831: 165, 189 [original spelling]

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1831 Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebrati, (1831), Roma, 78 pp. Saggio d'una distribuzione .. vertebrati a sangue freddo, (1832), Roma, 86 pp. also in Giornale Arcadico di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, 52 (1831), 155–189. Saggio di una distribuzione metodica deglianimali vertebrati (1832), 89–123.

Additional references

• Gill, H.S., Renaud, C.B., Chapleau, F., Mayden, R.L. & Potter, I.C. 2003. Phylogeny of living parasitic lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) based on morphological data. Copeia 2003(4): 687–703. DOI: 10.1643/IA02-085.1 Reference page. 
• Lang, N.J., Poe, K.J., Renaud, C.B., Gill, H.S., Potter, I.C., Freyhof, J., Naseka, A.M., Cochran, P., Pérex, H.E., Habit, E.M., Kuhajda, B.R., Neely, D.A., Reshetnikov, Y.S., Salnikov, V.B., Stoumboudi, M.Th. & Mayden, R.L. 2009. Novel Relationships among Lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) Revealed by a Taxonomically Comprehensive Molecular Data Set. American Fisheries Society Symposium Reference page. 
• Renaud, C.B. 2011. Lampreys of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lamprey species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 5: vi + 109. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Laan, R. van der, Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa 3882(1): 1–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Міногавыя
български: Миногови
Deutsch: Neunaugen
English: Lamprey
español: Lamprea
suomi: Nahkiaiset
日本語: ヤツメウナギ科
Nederlands: Prik, lamprei
polski: Minogowate
русский: миноги
svenska: Nejonögon
ไทย: ปลาแลมป์เพรย์

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