Talk:Petromyzontidae

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Requested move 9 November 2023

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Northern lamprey → Petromyzontidae – Correct taxonomic name. "Northern lamprey" is vague. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:36, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support, the scientific name is more commonly used than "northern lamprey" according to n-grams. "Northern lamprey' is imprecicise as it is also used specifically as a vernacular name for Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (see [FishBase). Plantdrew (talk) 22:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. YorkshireExpat (talk) 20:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]