Lethenteron reissneri

Lethenteron reissneri

Taxonavigation: Petromyzontiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Classis: Cyclostomata Ordo: Petromyzontiformes

Familia: Petromyzontidae
Subfamilia: Petromyzontinae
Genus: Lethenteron
Species: Lethenteron reissneri

Name

Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1971.7.19.37 [ex MGH] (1) Onon R.; NMW 78112 (2); ZMB 7118 (1).

Type locality: Onon and Ingoda rivers, Amur River basin, Russia.

Etymology: Patronym not identified, possibly in honor of Estonian anatomist Ernst Reissner (1824-1878)[1].

Synonyms

• Petromyzon Reissneri Dybowski, 1869
• Lampetra planeri (non Bloch, 1784) – Berg, 1906
• Lampetra planeri reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) -- Berg, 1911
• Lampetra (Lampetra) reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) -- Berg, 1931
• Lampetra reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) -- Nikol’sky, 1956
• Lampetra (Lethenteron) reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) -- Hubbs & Potter, 1971

Vernacular names

English: Far Eastern brook lamprey

References

• Dybowski, B.N. 1869. Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Fischfauna des Ononflusses und des Ingoda in Transbaikalien. Verhandlungen der k.-k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft. Wien, 19: 945–958, table, Pls. 14–18. Reference page. 
• Renaud, C.B. & Naseka, A.M. 2015. Redescription of the Far Eastern brook lamprey Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) (Petromyzontidae). Zookeys 506: 75–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.506.9817 Reference page.