Sea lamprey - Wikipedia
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a parasitic lamprey native to the Northern Hemisphere. It is sometimes referred to as the "vampire fish". In its original habitats, the sea lamprey coevolved with its hosts, and those hosts evolved a measure of resistance to the sea lampreys.
What is a sea lamprey? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
2024年6月16日 · Among the most primitive of all vertebrate species, the sea lamprey is a parasitic fish native to the northern and western Atlantic Ocean. Due to their similar body shapes, lampreys are sometimes inaccurately called "lamprey eels."
Sea Lamprey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a fish that is native to the Atlantic Ocean. Petromyzon means sucker of stone and marinus means of the sea. Sea lampreys range throughout the eastern United States and western Europe coasts, as well as the Great Lakes, as documented by C.O. Brant in 2019.
Sea lamprey | Diet, Life Cycle, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月11日 · sea lamprey, (Petromyzon marinus), eel-like, jawless species of fish native to the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Adriatic, Baltic, and Mediterranean seas, along with their coastal estuaries and rivers. The species is considered to be among the most primitive of all living vertebrates.
Great Lakes Fishery Commission - Sea Lamprey - glfc.org
Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) are parasitic fish native to the Atlantic Ocean. Sea lampreys, which parasitize other fish by sucking their blood and other body fluids, have remained largely unchanged for more than 340 million years and have survived through at least four major extinction events.
Saying “see ya” to sea lamprey | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Native to the Atlantic Ocean, sea lamprey play an important role in ocean and coastal river ecosystems. But in the wrong waters, where there are few natural predators, these voracious feeders can cause havoc.
Sea Lamprey - Marine Biological Laboratory
2023年2月28日 · The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is an aggressive parasite that is considered a pest in many regions, including the U.S. Great Lakes. An ancient vertebrate, its lineage diverged from that of humans about 500 million years ago.
Sea lamprey: characteristics, habitat, diet, life cycle, and control
2024年5月2日 · Sea lampreys are anadromous, jawless cartilaginous fish that are typically marine and ascend freshwater rivers to spawn; they can be found along the coasts of North America (Labrador and Gulf of Mexico) and the Atlantic coast of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.
Lamprey | Mouth, Bite, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月11日 · lamprey, any of about 43 species of primitive fishlike jawless vertebrates placed with hagfishes in the class Agnatha. Lampreys belong to the family Petromyzonidae. They live in coastal and fresh waters and are found in temperate regions …
Sea Lampreys ~ MarineBio Conservation Society
Sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus (Linnaeus, 1758), aka great sea lampreys, lake lampreys, lampreys, or lamprey eels, have a distinctive eel-like body, but unlike the eel their skeletons are made of cartilage rather than bone. Sea lampreys grow …