European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the Pirita, Estonia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Infraphylum:
Agnatha
Class:
Hyperoartia
Order:
Petromyzontiformes
Family:
Petromyzontidae
Genus:
Lampetra
Species:
L. fluviatilis
Binomial name
Lampetra fluviatilis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2][3]
Petromyzon fluviatilis Linnaeus 1758
Petromyzon prickus Lacepède 1798
Petromyzon branchialis Linnaeus 1758
Ammocoetus branchialis (Linnaeus 1758)
Petromyzon argenteus Bloch 1795 non Kirtland 1838
Petromyzon sanguisugus Lacepède 1800
Petromyzon jurae MacCulloch 1819
?Petromyzon macrops Blainville 1825
Ammocoetes communis Gistel 1848
Petromyzon omalii Beneden 1857
Petromyzon fluviatilis m. major Smitt 1895
Lampetra opisthodon Gratzianov 1907
Lampetra fluviatilis f. typica Berg 1931
Lampetra fluviatilis f. praecox Berg 1932
Lampetra fluviatilis m. ladogensis Ivanova-Berg 1966
The European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), also known as the river lamprey or lampern, is a species of freshwater lamprey.
^Freyhof, J. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Lampetra fluviatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T11206A97805807. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
^Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
^Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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