lamprey
lamper eel
Petromyzon latin

The Lamprey would be gone from the circle when it closed in.

The question was whether to engage them as they came in view or after the leading Lamprey.

Biologists have been trying to control lampreys in the lake since 1985 or earlier.

Hand on the wheel, he was swinging the Lamprey about.

Only the periscope of the Lamprey was above the water.

The following habitats are found across the Lampreys distribution range.

The Sea lamprey feeds on the blood of other fish species.

The lamprey let go a few seconds later after realizing its mistake.

She would make the meeting, the Lamprey would, he finally decided.

Daylight was on the water when the Lamprey reached the reef.

In front there were two eyes and a single central nostril, like that of a lamprey.

Adult lampreys put all their energy into ensuring a future for the next generation.

Ever since that lamprey missile got us, you've been a complete idiot.

In some fishes, such as lampreys, it is the largest part of the brain.

These are believed to have independent influences on the sea lamprey behavior.

On that account, the Lamprey circled out into the harbor.

You might be excused for thinking, at first sight, that the lamprey is a true fish.

All this Lamprey saw, accustomed as he was to dealing with humanity.

Outside the cell, Lamprey appeared with a ring of keys in hand.

Lamprey - Uses teeth to attach itself to a host.

Hayden, however, felt they could do more, and modeled the appearance after a lamprey.

You're not doing him justice by calling him a lamprey.

Lampreys have long been used as food for humans.

The European brook lamprey has been seen in recent times but it may have disappeared since.

Miller's thumbs and lampreys also are to be found in the waters.

The genome of Petromyzon marinus was sequenced in 2013.

In contrast, the most notorious species is the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus.

Likewise the pineal stalk of Petromyzon elongates very considerably during metamorphosis.

Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) have been seen attached near the cloaca of this shark.

Petromyzon (lampreys)

Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey)

The lampreys (Petromyzon) are rather nasty external parasites of other fish, to which they attach themselves with a sucker, and proceed to rasp away at the living flesh.

Sometimes still seen is the alternative spelling "Petromyzoniformes", based on the argument that the type genus is Petromyzon and not "Petromyzonta" or similar.

The scientific name for the sea lamprey, Petromyzon or "stone sucker," comes from their practice of picking up small bits of gravel with their mouths to build a nest.

Ueber das Nervensystem der Petromyzon (with Friedrich Schlemm; 1838)

In molecular biology, the lamprin family of proteins consists of several lamprin proteins from the Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus.

Thus, in 1980 the spelling with a "t" won out, and in 1981 it became official that all higher-level taxa based on Petromyzon have to start with "Petromyzont-".

In 1921 sea lamprey or Lamprey Eel (Petromyzon marinus) invaded the Great Lakes through the Welland Canal, though, significantly reducing the numbers of lake trout and whitefish.

Species Profile - Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

Lampreys live mostly in coastal and fresh waters, although some species (e.g. Geotria australis, Petromyzon marinus, Entosphenus tridentatus) travel significant distances in the open ocean, as evidenced by their lack of reproductive isolation between populations.

Scientists believe the biggest threat, sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus), first reached the western lakes as early as the 1920's by way of the Welland Canal, which connects the Erie Canal - and beyond it the Hudson River - with Lake Erie.

Petromyzon marinus, the sea lamprey, is the most sought species in Portugal and one of only two that can legally bear the commercial name "lamprey" (lampreia): the other one being Lampetra fluviatilis, the European river lamprey, both according to Portaria (Government regulation no. 587/2006, from 22 June).