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The Sea Lamprey has invaded the Great Lakes, find out how it happened and what is being done to exterminate them. ... Alias (scientific name in latin): Petromyzon marinus; other aliases: great sea lamprey, lake lamprey, lamprey, lamprey eel...
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Sea lamprey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ) is a parasitic lamprey (a kind of jawless fish) found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, in the western Mediterranean Sea, and in the Great ...
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Wisconsin Sea Grant's profile of the sea lamprey ... In their natural habitat, sea lamprey -- like salmon and alewives -- are ocean fish that spawn in fresh water. But some sea lamprey have always inhabited Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, which are open to the Atlantic Ocean.
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www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/sealamprey.html
www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/sealamprey.html
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In their natural habitat, sea lamprey -- like salmon and alewives -- are ocean fish that spawn in fresh water. But some sea lamprey have always inhabited Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, which are open to the Atlantic Ocean.
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www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/fsealamprey1.html
www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/fsealamprey1.html
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What is a Sea Lamprey? ... Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) are predaceous eel-like fish. Unlike eels, however, they feed on large fish. There are two types of sea lamprey: anadromous and those restricted to fresh water river systems. The anadromous sea lamprey feeds at sea and travels from salt to fresh water.
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www.science.mcmaster.ca/Biology/Harbour/SPECIES/SEALAMP...
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Once attached, the lamprey opens wounds on the prey's skin using a rasping tongue and sharp teeth and feeds on blood and other bodily tissue. Smaller sea lampreys are bottom dwellers along coasts and on the continental shelf.
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www.fisheries.vims.edu/lamprey.htm
www.fisheries.vims.edu/lamprey.htm
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The sea lamprey (the only member of its group known from our salt waters) can hardly be mistaken for any other fish, its eel-like appearance coupled with two dorsal fins and the jawless mouth placing it at a glance. ... Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus 1758...
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www.gma.org/fogm/Petromyzon_marinus.htm
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The sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, was first discovered in Lake Ontario in 1835, Lake Erie in 1921, Lake Huron 1932, Lake Michigan 1936, and Lake Superior 1946. Reproducing populations were found in all of these upper lakes by 1947. The sea lamprey attaches to deepwater fish, especially lake trout and chubs,
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www.sgnis.org/www/lamprey.htm
www.sgnis.org/www/lamprey.htm
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