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Description of the Larval Stage of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey, Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott 1978. / Renaud, C.; Naseka, Alexander; Alfonso, N.
Jawless Fishes of the World. ed. / Alexei Orlov; Richard Beamish. Vol. 1 Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016. p. 231-250 9.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Description of the Larval Stage of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey, Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott 1978
AU - Renaud, C.
AU - Naseka, Alexander
AU - Alfonso, N.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Abstract In the original description of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott 1978, only the adults of the species were described because the low number of ammocoetes of this species available to the authors (i.e., 4), as well as that of other species of Lethenteron, was deemed inadequate by them to give a proper description of this life history stage. Through fieldwork conducted in the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), Canada in June-July 2012, augmented by previously catalogued material from the Canadian Museum of Nature, we have now assembled sufficient ammocoete samples to remedy the situation. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to describe the larval stage of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey, L. alaskense and compare it with ammocoetes of the Arctic Lamprey, L. camtschaticum (Tilesius 1811) and the American Brook Lamprey, L. appendix (DeKay 1842); its only congeners in North America (Page et al. 2013). This is important because the Arctic Lamprey is parasitic in the adult stage, wh
AB - Abstract In the original description of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey Lethenteron alaskense Vladykov & Kott 1978, only the adults of the species were described because the low number of ammocoetes of this species available to the authors (i.e., 4), as well as that of other species of Lethenteron, was deemed inadequate by them to give a proper description of this life history stage. Through fieldwork conducted in the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), Canada in June-July 2012, augmented by previously catalogued material from the Canadian Museum of Nature, we have now assembled sufficient ammocoete samples to remedy the situation. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to describe the larval stage of the Alaskan Brook Lamprey, L. alaskense and compare it with ammocoetes of the Arctic Lamprey, L. camtschaticum (Tilesius 1811) and the American Brook Lamprey, L. appendix (DeKay 1842); its only congeners in North America (Page et al. 2013). This is important because the Arctic Lamprey is parasitic in the adult stage, wh
KW - Ichthyology
KW - lampreys
KW - Lethenteron
KW - taxonomy
KW - morphology
KW - systematics
KW - distribution
KW - Canada
KW - Mackenzie River
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-4438-8582-9
VL - 1
SP - 231
EP - 250
BT - Jawless Fishes of the World
A2 - Orlov, Alexei
A2 - Beamish, Richard
PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ER -
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