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Scientific Name: Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758
- TSN: 159722

Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Vernacular name(s): lamproie marine [French]
sea lamprey [English]


Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing: valid

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

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 Kingdom Animalia-- animals
   Phylum Chordata-- chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates
     Superclass Agnatha-- cyclostomes, jawless fishes
      Class Cephalaspidomorphi-- lampreys
          Order Petromyzontiformes
              Family Petromyzontidae-- lampreys
               Subfamily Petromyzontinae
                  Genus Petromyzon
                      Species Petromyzon marinus-- sea lamprey
                      
                      

References



Other sources: Source: CDP database (version 1999); for vernacular name: sea lamprey [English], lamproie marine [French]
Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003 website (version 13-Mar-03); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/)
Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0)



References: Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick 1997. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xi + 324. ISBN: 1-56098-638-7.
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. ix + 386. ISBN: 1-888569-61-1.     Comments: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 183. ISBN: 0-913235-70-9.
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Geographic Information:North AmericaWestern Atlantic Ocean

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