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Pacific lamprey
Species of jawless fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) is an anadromous parasitic lamprey from the Pacific Coast of North America and Asia in an area called the Pacific Rim.[3] It is a member of the Petromyzontidae family. The Pacific lamprey is also known as the three-tooth lamprey and tridentate lamprey.
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Pacific lamprey | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | Hyperoartia |
Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
Family: | Petromyzontidae |
Genus: | Entosphenus |
Species: | E. tridentatus |
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Entosphenus tridentatus (Richardson, 1836) | |
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