Sea lamprey
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sea-lamprey-166-12547687
title:
Sea lamprey
text:
The sea lamprey 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. It was likely introduced to the Great Lakes region through the Erie Canal in 1825 and the Welland Canal in 1919 where it has attacked native fish such as lake trout, lake whitefish, chub, and lake herring, Sea lampreys are considered a pe
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Parasitic lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) native to the Northern Hemisphere
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lamprey
date created:
2004-11-23T23:07:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:27:35Z
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13
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