WoRMS taxon details
Petromyzontidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Subfamily Lampetrinae Fowler, 1958
- Genus Caspiomyzon Berg, 1906
- Genus Entosphenus Gill, 1862
- Genus Lampetra Bonnaterre, 1788
- Genus Lethenteron Creaser & Hubbs, 1922
- Genus Occidentis Carim, Auringer, Docker, Renaud, Clemens, Blanchard, Parker & Young, 2024
- Genus Entospheneus Gill, 1862 accepted as Entosphenus Gill, 1862 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subfamily Petromyzontinae Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Agnathomyzon Gratzianov, 1907 accepted as Caspiomyzon Berg, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ammocoetes Duméril, 1812 accepted as Ammocoetus Duméril, 1812 accepted as Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Ammocoetus Duméril, 1812 accepted as Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bathymyzon Gill, 1883 accepted as Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Batymyzon Gill, 1883 accepted as Bathymyzon Gill, 1883 accepted as Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Oceanomyzon Fowler, 1908 accepted as Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Geotriinae Gill, 1893 accepted as Geotriidae Gill, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Mordaciinae Gill, 1893 accepted as Mordaciidae Gill, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Petromyzontidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101163 on 2026-05-23
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Agnatha, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 358 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
