"Lampreys are simultaneously creepy and special—even though people tend to think of them as just tubes with a freaky circle of teeth," says Lily Hughes, corresponding author of the study.

The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...

The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and ...

"Lampreys are simultaneously creepy and special -- even though people tend to think of them as just tubes with a freaky circle of teeth," says Lily Hughes, corresponding author of the study.

its rows of teeth dig into the host's flesh and a sharp tongue rasps through scales and skin. The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey ...

They have lateral eyes, lack paired fins, and have no scales. Adult lampreys have a jawless, sucker-like ventral mouth consisting of a circular disc set with horny teeth. HABITAT: Typical spawning ...

its rows of teeth dig into the host's flesh and a sharp tongue rasps through scales and skin. The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey ...

Lampreys, which are usually 30-50cm (12-20in) long, are often called vampire fish because they have rows of teeth to latch onto other fish and suck their blood. "They're quite plentiful I believe ...

Lampreys are blood-sucking eel-like creatures without any bones. They have suction-cup mouths with multiple rows of sharp teeth to pierce the skin, usually of fish, and suck the blood of their prey.

Sea lampreys abounded in all Great Lakes in 2024 after treatment was limited during COVID. But the parasitic, invasive fish are expected to decline.