Tetrapleurodon

Tetrapleurodon is a genus of lampreys that are endemic to the Lerma–Chapala basin in west–central Mexico. Both species are threatened.[1]

Tetrapleurodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Cephalaspidomorphi
Order:
Petromyzontiformes
Family:
Petromyzontidae
Genus:
Tetrapleurodon

(Creaser & Hubbs 1922)
Type species
Tetrapleurodon spadiceus
(Bean 1887)
Synonyms

Species

There are two recognized species in this genus according to FishBase.[2] They are sometimes included in the genus Lampetra instead.[1]

  • Tetrapleurodon geminis Álvarez, 1964 (Mexican brook lamprey)
  • Tetrapleurodon spadiceus (T. H. Bean, 1887) (Mexican lamprey)

References
  1. Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Tetrapleurodon in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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