Lethenteron reissneri

Species of jawless fish

Lethenteron reissneri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Hyperoartia
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Lethenteron
Species:
L. reissneri
Binomial name
Lethenteron reissneri
(Dybowski, 1869)

Lethenteron reissneri, the Far Eastern brook lamprey, is a species lamprey. Immature L reissneri are parasitic, but shift to a non-parasitic feeding strategy upon reaching maturity.[1] It is found in lakes and rivers in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East.[2] It may be identical to the Siberian brook lamprey, Lethenteron kessleri, but molecular evidence suggests they are cryptic species.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lampreys of the World: FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. Available for download.
  2. ^ "Lethenteron reissneri, Far Eastern brook lamprey".
  3. ^ Yamazaki, Y.; Yokoyama, R.; Nishida, M.; Goto, A. (7 June 2006). "Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Lethenteron lampreys in eastern Eurasia". Journal of Fish Biology. 68 (SB): 251–269. doi:10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.01070.x. ISSN 0022-1112.
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Extant lamprey species
  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Hyperoartia
  • Order Petromyzontiformes
  • Family Petromyzontidae
Caspiomyzon
  • Caspian lamprey (C. wagneri)
  • Greek lamprey (C. hellenicus)
  • Ionian brook lamprey (C. graecus)
Entosphenus
  • Modoc brook lamprey (E. folletti)
  • Pit-Klamath brook lamprey (E. lethophagus)
  • Lake lamprey (E. macrostomus)
  • Miller Lake lamprey (E. minimus)
  • Klamath River lamprey (E. similis)
  • Pacific lamprey (E. tridentatus)
Eudontomyzon
  • Carpathian Brook Lamprey (E. danfordi)
  • Korean lamprey (E. morii)
  • Ukrainian brook lamprey (E. mariae)
  • Drin brook Lamprey (E. stankokaramani)
  • Vladykov's lamprey (E. vladykovi)
Geotria
  • Pouched lamprey (G. australis)
Ichthyomyzon
  • Ohio lamprey (I. bdellium)
  • Chestnut Lamprey (I. castaneus)
  • Northern brook lamprey (I. fossor)
  • Southern brook lamprey (I. gagei)
  • Mountain brook lamprey (I. greeleyi)
  • Silver lamprey (I. unicuspis)
Lampetra
  • Least Brook lamprey (L. aepyptera)
  • Portuguese lamprey (L. alavariensis)
  • Qurem lamprey (L. auremensis)
  • Western river lamprey (L. ayresii)
  • European river lamprey (L. fluviatilis)
  • Kern brook lamprey (L. hubbsi)
  • Turkish brook lamprey (L. lanceolata)
  • (L. lusitanica)
  • Pacific brook lamprey (L. pacifica)
  • European brook lamprey (L. planeri)
  • Western brook lamprey (L. richardsoni)
Lethenteron
  • Alaskan brook lamprey (L. alaskensis)
  • American brook lamprey (L. appendix)
  • Arctic lamprey (L. camtschatica)
  • Siberian brook lamprey (L. kessleri)
  • Western Transcaucasian lamprey (L. ninae)
  • Far Eastern brook lamprey (L. reissneri)
  • Lombardy lamprey (L. zanandreai)
Mordacia
  • Chilean lamprey (M. lapicida)
  • Australian lamprey (M. mordax)
  • Non-parasitic lamprey (M. praecox)
Petromyzon
  • Sea lamprey (P. marinus)
Tetrapleurodon
  • Mexican lamprey (T. spadicea)
  • Mexican brook lamprey (T. geminis)
Taxon identifiers
Lethenteron reissneri
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