sea lamprey
Also called vampire fish . a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water mostly along the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
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One species he longs to add to his menu is the sea lamprey, a slimy, eel-like infiltrator that uses a circle of monstrous teeth to suck out the bodily fluids of its scaled prey.
Welcome to invasivorism, the boldest solution to ethical eating yet | Matt Hongoltz-Hetling | December 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe fish which had fastened on the pollack, was the petromyzon marinus, or sea lamprey.
British Dictionary definitions for sea lamprey
a common anadromous lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, a form of which occurs in the Great Lakes of N America and causes great losses of fish
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