Caspian lamprey

Caspian lamprey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Petromyzontida
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Caspiomyzon
Species:
C. wagneri
Binomial name
Caspiomyzon wagneri
(Kessler, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
  • Petromyzon wagneri Kessler 1870
  • Agnathomyzon wagneri (Kessler 1870)
  • Agnathomyzon (Haploglossa) caspicus Gratzianov 1907
  • Haploglossa caspica (Gratzianov 1907)

The Caspian lamprey, Caspiomyzon wagneri, is a species of lamprey native to the Caspian Sea, and a member of the Petromyzontidae family. This species is a non-parasitic lamprey that feeds on animal carcasses.

  1. ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Caspiomyzon wagneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135706A4187207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135706A4187207.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.