Petromyzon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:230 Masc. Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Copeland 1877:161 [ref. 5961]. Name spelled Petromizon by Wulff 1765:15 [ref. 17844]. On Official List (Opinion 1171). Spelled Petromison by Bonnaterre 1788:1 [ref. 4940]. •Valid as Petromyzon Linnaeus 1758 -- (Vladykov & Follett 1967:1073 [ref. 38841], Hubbs & Potter 1971:42 [ref. 13397], Vladykov 1973:2 [ref. 7159], Vladykov in Whitehead et al. 1984:67 [ref. 13675], Holčík 1986:92 [ref. 24819], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:172 [ref. 21581], Reshetnikov 1998:19 [ref. 23570], Gill et al. 2003:693 [ref. 27254], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:21 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:44 [ref. 29996], Lang et al. 2009:52 [ref. 31599], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:5 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:115 [ref. 31212], Renaud 2011:78 [ref. 31770], Parin et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Petromyzon Linnaeus 1758. Petromyzontidae.