Marine Species Traits - Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842)

CaRMS taxon details

Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842)

To FishBase images (<i>Lampetra appendix</i>, by The Native Fish Conservancy)

To FishBase images (Lampetra appendix, by The Native Fish Conservancy)

AphiaID

845581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:845581)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lethenteron Creaser & Hubbs, 1922

Original name

Petromyzon appendix DeKay, 1842

Synonymised names

Lampetra appendix (DeKay, 1842) · unaccepted

Lampetra lamottenii (Lesueur, 1827) · unaccepted (possibly a synonym)

Petromyzon lamottenii Lesueur, 1827 · uncertain > nomen dubium (possibly a synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845581 on 2025-06-06

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Lethenteron appendix (DeKay, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845581 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-04-24 04:51:22Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	American brook lamprey [from synonym]	[details]
French	lamproie de l’est [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lampetra lamottenii (Lesueur, 1827))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethenteron appendix)
To Fishbase (from synonym Petromyzon lamottenii Lesueur, 1827)
To FishBase images (Lampetra appendix, by The Native Fish Conservancy) (from synonym Lampetra appendix (DeKay, 1842))
To GenBank (148 nucleotides; 139 proteins) (from synonym Lampetra appendix (DeKay, 1842))
To GenBank (148 nucleotides; 139 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)

From editor or global species database

To FishBase images (Lampetra appendix, by The Native Fish Conservancy)

Hosted externally, from synonym