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Alan Davidson

Lamprey, Sea Lamprey

Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus

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North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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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.

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