Lamprey eel

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Show IPA Use lamprey eel in a SentenceSee images of lamprey eelSearch lamprey eel on the Web–noun, plural -preys. More

A lamprey (sometimes also called lamprey eel) is a parasitic marine/aquatic animal with a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. Translated directly, their name means stone lickers (lambere: to lick, and petra: stone). More

His picture of the jawless, lipless lamprey eel is particularly icky. More

lamprey, lake lamprey, lamprey, or lamprey eel, has a distinctive eel-like body, but unlike the eel its skeleton is made of cartilage rather than bone. Sea lampreys grow up to 1.2 m in length, weighing up to 2.5 kg. More

Lamprey Eel: An Invasive Predator/Parasite – Unwelcome Guest in Our Waters - Published by thestickman April 6, 2009, Category: Marine Biology The marine lamprey of the Atlantic Ocean have made their way inland to fresh water lakes formerly denied More

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A lamprey (sometimes also called lamprey eel) is a jawless fish with a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. While lampreys are well known for those species which bore into the flesh of other fish to suck their blood, these species make up the minority.... More

Lamprey Eel: an Invasive Predator/Parasite - Unwelcome Guest in Our Waters = Posted Apr 08, 2009 by thestickman / comments 0 comments / Print / Font Size Decrease font size Increase font size The marine lamprey of the Atlantic Ocean have made More

sometimes called a lamprey eel, but it is not an eel at all. Lampreys have no jaws, and their skeleton is cartilaginous. The sea-run form of the lamprey is found regularly and extensively in the Hudson, Delaware, and lower St. Lawrence rivers. More

The Lamprey, which is also sometimes called a lamprey eel is a fish of sorts, which is jawless and has a toothed funnel for a mouth that is built for sucking. More

lamprey eel, and what is generally known as lamprey eel is no eel at all. In spite of all this, the "lampers" are great bait for bass. More

Common names

Brook lamprey in English
European brook lamprey in Unknown
Lamprey eel in English
Lamproie de l' ouest in French (français)
Nonparasitic brook lamprey in English
pacific brook lamprey in English
Pacifisk bæklampret in Danish (dansk)
Vestamerikansk lampret in Danish (dansk)
Western brook lamprey in English
минога ручьевая in Russian (русский язык)
太平洋七鰓鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
太平洋七鳃鳗 in Mandarin Chinese
西方七鰓鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
西方七鳃鳗 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Petromyzontiformes
Family : Petromyzontidae
Genus : Lampetra
Species : Lampetra pacifica
Authority : Vladykov and Follett, 1965