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Lethenteron

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Lethenteron is a genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae.

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott, 1978 (Alaskan brook lamprey)
Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842) (American brook lamprey)
Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811) (Arctic lamprey) (Japanese brook lamprey)^[3]
Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (Siberian brook lamprey)
Lethenteron ninae Naseka, Tuniyev & Renaud, 2009 (Western Transcaucasian lamprey)
Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Far Eastern brook lamprey) ^[3]
Lethenteron zanandreai (Vladykov, 1955) (Po brook lamprey)

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^ ^a ^b Renaud, C. & Naseka, A. (2015): Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae). ZooKeys, 506: 75-93.