American brook lamprey late stage transformer (ammocoete metamorphosing into the adult).
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:
Lethenteron
Species:
L. appendix
Binomial name
Lethenteron appendix
(DeKay, 1842)
Synonyms[2][3]
Petromyzon appendix DeKay 1842
Lampetra appendix (DeKay 1842)
Lampetra wilderi Gage 1896
Petromyzon lamottenii Lesueur 1827
Lampetra lamottenii (Lesueur 1827)
Lethenteron appendix, the American brook lamprey, is a common non-parasitic lamprey in North America.[4] In adults their disc-like mouths contain poorly developed teeth, useless for attaching to a host.
^NatureServe (2015). "Lethenteron appendix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T202624A76578331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T202624A76578331.en. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^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. S2CID 31014657.
^Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Petromyzontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^"American Brook Lamprey (Lethenteron appendix) - FactSheet". Nas.er.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
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