Northern lamprey

Northern lamprey
	Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) on a lake trout
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	Hyperoartia
Order:	Petromyzontiformes
Family:	Petromyzontidae; A. Risso, 1827
Type species
	Petromyzon marinus; Linnaeus, 1758
Genera
	Caspiomyzon; Entosphenus; Eudontomyzon; Ichthyomyzon; Lampetra; Lethenteron; Petromyzon; Tetrapleurodon

The northern lampreys (Petromyzontidae) are a family of lampreys.[1] Northern lampreys have the highest number of chromosomes (164–174) among vertebrates.[2]

Genera

References

McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Petromyzontidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.

External links

FishBase.org: Details for family Petromyzontidae – the Northern lampreys

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[McEachran_Fechhelm_1998-1] McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Petromyzontidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.