Lampetra is a genus of lampreys in the family Petromyzontidae.
Phylogenetic studies indicate that this genus as presently defined is polyphyletic, with species of this genus from western North America forming a clade that forms the sister group to Lethenteron, Eudontomyzon, and Lampetra sensu stricto (eastern North American and European species).
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Lampetra aepyptera <small>(C. C. Abbott, 1860)</small> (Least brook lamprey)
- Lampetra alavariensis <small>Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013</small> (Portuguese lamprey)
- Lampetra auremensis <small>Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013</small> (Qurem lamprey)
- Lampetra ayresii <small>(Günther, 1870)</small> (Western river lamprey)
- Lampetra fluviatilis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (European river lamprey)
- Lampetra hubbsi <small>(Vladykov & Kott 1976)</small> (Kern brook lamprey)
- Lampetra lanceolata <small>Kux & H. M. Steiner, 1972</small> (Turkish brook lamprey)
- Lampetra lusitanica <small>Mateus, Alves, Quintella & P. R. Almeida, 2013</small>
- Lampetra pacifica <small>Vladykov 1973</small> (Pacific brook lamprey)
- Lampetra planeri <small>(Bloch, 1784)</small> (European brook lamprey)
- Lampetra richardsoni <small>(Vladykov & Follett, 1965)</small> (Western brook lamprey)
- Lampetra soljani <small>Tutman, Freyhof, DulÃÂiÃÂ, Glamuzina & Geiger, 2017</small>
- Lampetra zanandreai <small>Vladykov, 1955</small> (Po brook lamprey)
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