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(Redirected from Mexican lamprey) Genus of jawless fishes

Tetrapleurodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Petromyzontida
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Tetrapleurodon
(Creaser & Hubbs 1922)
Type species
Tetrapleurodon spadiceus
(Bean 1887)
Synonyms

Tetrapleurodon is a genus of lampreys that are endemic to the Lerma–Chapala basin in west–central Mexico. Both species are threatened.

Species

There are two recognized species in this genus according to FishBase. They are sometimes included in the genus Lampetra instead.

References

  1. ^ Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Fondo de Cultura Económic. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tetrapleurodon". FishBase. April 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Tetrapleurodon


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