Tetrapleurodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Hyperoartia
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.[1]

Species

There are two recognized species in this genus according to FishBase.[2] They are sometimes included in the genus Lampetra instead.[1]

  • Tetrapleurodon geminis Álvarez, 1964 (Mexican brook lamprey)
  • Tetrapleurodon spadiceus (T. H. Bean, 1887) (Mexican lamprey)

References

  1. 1 2 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Tetrapleurodon in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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