lamprey

     

Geotriinae Moraciinae Petromyzontinae

Trivia about lamprey

  • This freshwater eellike, jawless fish attaches itself to other fish & sucks out blood
  • This primitive eel-like fish almost caused the extermination of the Great Lakes trout
  • Among the most primitive fish are the hagfish & this other scaleless fish that looks like an eel
  • This jawless eel-like fish feeds on other fish by sucking their blood
  • When this eel-like fish bites & attaches itself to another fish, an anticoagulating fluid keeps the wound open