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Issue: Vol. 5692 No. 2: 12 Sept. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.11
Page range: 393-399
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Recognition of the lamprey genus Occidentis Carim et al., 2024 as distinct from Lampetra Bonnaterre, 1788

Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute; Rocky Mountain Research Station; U.S. Forest Service; Missoula; Montana; United States of America
Research and Collections; Canadian Museum of Nature; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada
National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation; Rocky Mountain Research Station; U.S. Forest Service; Missoula; Montana; United States of America
Department of Biological Sciences; University of Manitoba; Winnipeg; Manitoba; Canada
Pisces Occidentis

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How to Cite

Carim, K.J., Renaud, C.B., Young, M.K. & Docker, M.F. (2025) Recognition of the lamprey genus Occidentis Carim et al., 2024 as distinct from Lampetra Bonnaterre, 1788. Zootaxa, 5692 (2), 393–399. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.11