Talk:Petromyzontidae

Requested move 9 November 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 06:21, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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

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 * 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). [[User:Plantdrew|Plantdrew]] (talk) 22:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. YorkshireExpat (talk) 20:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)