Lamprey, Sea Lamprey

Family Petromyzonidae

• Portuguese: Lampreia do mar
• Spanish: Lamprea de mar
• French: Lamproie marine
• Dutch: Zeeprik
• German: Meerneunauge, Seelamprete
• Polish: Minog morski
• Russian: Morskaya minoga
• Finnish: Merinahkiainen
• Swedish: Havsnejonöga
• Norwegian: Havniøye
• Danish: Havlampret

REMARKS This slimy and antique creature may reach a length of over 1 metre. It has a greenish-grey, bluish-brown or olive-brown back.

The class Marsipobranchii, to which the lamprey belongs, is a small one, and its members have the distinction of being the most primitive of living vertebrates.