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• n  primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue

• In search of a selective lamprey-larva poison, they tried more than 6,000 different chemicals on jars containing two lamprey lar vae, two bluegill fingerlings and two small rainbow .
• The lamprey, which bypassed Niagara Falls via the Welland Ship Canal, attaches itself to fish with a tooth-armed sucker and bores and sucks them to death.
• Up the little rivers that feed the Great Lakes, an evil invader was swarming last week by the slithering thousands: the sea lamprey.

• lamprey eel
• lamper eel

News & Articles

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• U.S. poisons invasive Lake Michigan lamprey larvae
  EAST BAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Federal wildlife workers will go after one of the Great Lakes’ greatest invasive pests this week when they poison the larvae of sea lamprey in a stream feeding Lake Michigan.
  June 16, 2013 - Observer-Reporter
• Helen Taylor: 5 reasons to be focused on health of Great Lakes every week
  By Helen Taylor INVADERS!: The sea lamprey is just one invasive species now harming the Great Lakes - and more are on the way if unified action isn't taken across the Great Lakes basin, argues Brunch columnist Helen Taylor.Two significant...
  June 16, 2013 - MLive.com
• Crews to look for sea lamprey larvae in Alpena Co.
  Alpena Township — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crews will be coming to Alpena County next week to look for sea lamprey larvae.
  June 12, 2013 - Detroit News

Quotes

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• Jim Oberstar in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  We've already seen infestations of the sea lamprey, the zebra mussel and the 'fish-killing virus,' and we can't wait for the next infestation before we decide to take action,Oberstar said Thursday. "This legislation sets tough standards...