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Taxon: Species Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 - eel sucker (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 230.

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Petromyzon marinus marinus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Ammocoetes bicolor Lesueur, 1818 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Batymyzon bairdii (Gill, 1883) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lampetra marina Malm, 1863 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Oceanomyzon wilsoni Fowler, 1908 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Petromyzon adriaticus Nardo, 1847 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Petromyzon americanus Lesueur, 1818 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Petromyzon bairdii Gill, 1883 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Petromyzon concolor Wright, 1892 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Petromyzon lampetra Pallas, 1814 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Petromyzon maculosus Gronow, 1854 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Petromyzon marinus unicolor Gage, 1928 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Petromyzon maximus Cuvier, 1816 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Petromyzon nigricans Lesueur, 1818 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Petromyzon ruber Lacepède, 1800 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zeeprik Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: eel sucker
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