| Tetrapleurodon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | Petromyzontida |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Family: | Petromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Tetrapleurodon (Creaser & Hubbs 1922) |
| Type species | |
| Tetrapleurodon spadiceus (Bean 1887)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tetrapleurodon is a genus of lampreys that are endemic to the Lerma–Chapala basin in west–central Mexico. Both species are threatened.
Species
There are two recognized species in this genus according to FishBase. They are sometimes included in the genus Lampetra instead.
- Tetrapleurodon geminis Álvarez, 1964 (Mexican brook lamprey)
- Tetrapleurodon spadiceus (T. H. Bean, 1887) (Mexican lamprey)
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tetrapleurodon". FishBase. April 2012 version.
