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Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott, 1978

Alaskan brook lamprey
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Common names: Lamproie de Alaska
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Northwest Territories (Ref. 52559). Martin River, Mackenzie River Basin (Ref. 89241).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys) > Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) > Lampetrinae
Etymology: Lethenteron: Etymology not explained, perhaps lethalis (L.), lethal, or lethe (Gr.), forgetting or forgetfulness; enteron (Gr.) intestine, presumably referring to “degenerate and non-functional” intestine of adult L. appendix. (See ETYFish);  alaskense: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Alaska (USA), where type locality (West Creek, a tributary of Brooks Lake) is situated. (See ETYFish).

Issue
Provisionally considered to be a junior synonym of Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) (in Ref. 125650).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

; น้ำจืด สัตว์น้ำหน้าดิน; สัตว์น้ำจืดที่มีการอพยพอย่างแท้จริงภายในแหล่งน้ำจืดเท่านั้น (Ref. 43939).   Temperate

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