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lamprey [ˈlæmprɪ] N ZOOL

lamprey

мино́га f

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The known larval streams for this lamprey were treated with lampricide and a barrier was erected to prevent adults from entering to spawn. en.wikipedia.org

Coloration of live mountain brook lamprey did not change between the ammocoete and senescent periods and ranged from butterscotch to olive brown. en.wikipedia.org

Most non-parasitic lamprey feed only as larvae, then die. en.wikipedia.org

The hagfish blood is isotonic with seawater, while lampreys appears to use the same gill-based mechanisms of osmoregulation as marine teleosts. en.wikipedia.org

As adults, they are primarily piscivores, preying on lamprey, whitefish, grayling, young northern pike, suckers, stickleback, trout, and perch. en.wikipedia.org

Molecular analysis since 1992 has suggested that the hagfish are most closely related to lampreys, and so also are vertebrates in a monophyletic sense. en.wikipedia.org

The only vertebrates lacking a spleen are the lampreys and hagfishes. en.wikipedia.org

Some fish, like sharks and lampreys, possess multiple gill openings. en.wikipedia.org

It was more likely to have been a filter-feeder or a detrius-feeder, possibly in the manner of larval lampreys. en.wikipedia.org

All non-parasitic lampreys require two distinctly different habitats that are connected by free flowing (free of dams) stretches of streams. en.wikipedia.org

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