Lethenteron alaskense

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
Subfamilia: Petromyzontinae
Genus: Lethenteron
Species: Lethenteron alaskense

Name

Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott, 1978

• Holotype: NMC 1976-614.
• Paratypes (67): NMC .

Type locality: West Creek, a tributary of Brooks Lake, Alaska, U.S.A.

Vernacular names

English: Alaskan Brook Lamprey

References

• Renaud, C., Naseka, A. & Alfonso, N. 2016. Description of the larval stage of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey, Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott, 1978. Pp. 231–250 in: Orlov, A. & Beamish, R. (eds): Jawless Fishes of the World 1(9): 231–250. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 1-4438-8582-7 (10). ISBN 978-1-4438-8582-9 (13). Reference page. 
• Vladykov, V.D. & Kott, E. 1978. A new nonparasitic species of the Holarctic lamprey genus Lethenteron Creaser and Hubbs, 1922, (Petromyzonidae) from northwestern North America with notes on other species of the same genus. Biological Papers of the University of Alaska 19: 1–74. Reference page. 

Links

• Lethenteron alaskense in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Lethenteron alaskense in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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