Northern brook lamprey

Northern brook lamprey

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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Superclass: Cyclostomi
Class: Petromyzontida
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Genus: Ichthyomyzon
Species:
I. fossor
Binomial name
Ichthyomyzon fossor
Reighard and Cummins, 1916
Synonyms
  • Ammocoetes unicolor DeKay 1842
  • Ammocoetes borealis Agassiz 1850
  • Reighardina fossor (Reighard & Cummins 1916)

The northern brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor) is a freshwater fish in the family Petromyzontidae. It is closely related to the silver lamprey (I. unicuspis) and may represent an ecotype of a single species with I. unicuspis.