Pacific lamprey

front end of a long thin fish with a suction mouth and round gill holes

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Pacific lamprey

A Pacific lamprey. These class of cartilaginous jawless fish have been on earth since before the dinosaurs.

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Courtesy of Jeremy Monroe/Freshwaters Illustrated

Ecosystem

Marine

Recreational Activity

Wildlife watching

Species

Entosphenus tridentatus

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Aquatic animals

Environmental education

Fishes

Marine ecology

Marine environments

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