Sea Lamprey (IMAGE)

U.S. Geological Survey

Sea Lamprey

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USGS sea lamprey expert Nick Johnson demonstrates the ridge of tissue, called a rope, along the back of a mature male sea lamprey.

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Andrea Miehls, USGS

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