Genus of jawless fishes
Tetrapleurodon is a genus of lampreys that are endemic to the Lerma–Chapala basin in west–central Mexico. Both species are threatened.[1]
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
- ^ a b Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Fondo de Cultura Económic. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tetrapleurodon". FishBase. April 2012 version.
