Sea lamprey

Sea lamprey
	Multiple sea lampreys in the Aquarium Finisterrae, Spain
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	Hyperoartia
Order:	Petromyzontiformes
Family:	Petromyzontidae
Genus:	Petromyzon; Linnaeus, 1758
Species:	P. marinus
Binomial name
	Petromyzon marinus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Ammocoetus Dumeril 1812 non Erichson 1847 ; Petromyzon (Bathymyzon) Gill 1883 ; Bathymyzon (Gill 1883) ; Oceanomyzon Fowler 1908 ; Lampreda Rafinesque 1815 nomen nudum ; Pricus Rafinesque 1815 nomen nudum ; Species synonymy Lampetra marina (Linnaeus 1758) ; Petromyzon (Bathymyzon) bairdii Gill 1883 ; Bathymyzon bairdii (Gill 1883) ; Petromyzon ruber Lacepède 1800 ; ?Petromyzon lampetrus Forsskål 1775 non Pallas 1814 ; Petromyzon lampetrus Pallas 1814 non Forsskål 1775 ; Petromyzon maximus Cuvier 1816 ; Petromyzon americanus Lesueur 1818 ; Petromyzon nigricans Lesueur 1818 ; Ammocoetes bicolor Lesueur 1818 ; ?Petromyzon adriaticus Nardo 1847 ; Petromyzon maculosus Gronow 1854 ; Petromyzon marinus dorsatus Wilder 1883 ; Petromyzon marinus unicolor Gage 1928 ; Oceanomyzon wilsoni Fowler 1908 ; ?Petromyzon leucopterus Rafinesque 1818 ; ?Petromyzon maurari DeKay 1840 ;

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a parasitic lamprey native to the Northern Hemisphere. It is sometimes referred to as the "vampire fish".

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