Also found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. lamprey eel - primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue lamper eel, lamprey agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate -...
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Vampire-like sea lampreys look somewhat like short sections of garden hose, swim like eels, and live solely on the blood of fishes. Their voracious appetites have been especially harmful to fish in the Great Lakes, and it is there that methods of underwater electrocution are being applied in...
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Eel Appearance:Outwardly resembling eels in that they have no scales, an adult lamprey can range anywhere from 5 to 40 inches (13 to 100 centimetres) long. Lampreys have one or two dorsal fins, large eyes, one nostril on the top of their head, and seven gills on each side. ...
As shown in living eels (Anguilla vulgaris) and African knifefish (Gymnarchus niloticus) with similar body plans, these vertical stabilizer structures represent an adaptation of swimming with high hydromechanical efficiency37,38, which is especially significant in the upstream migration and long-distance...
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The Eel River in northern California was named after its historically abundant Pacific Lamprey run by European settlers who mistook the abundant lamprey for eels due to their anguilliform bodies. It flows from south to north, entering the Pacific Ocean 150 km south of the Oregon-California border...
Lampreys, eels and pacific salmon exhibit rapid senescence and sudden death at first spawning. The guppy, red pancha... B,K,Patnaik,... - 《Gerontology》 被引量: 78发表: 1994年 Bill Beamish's Contributions to Lamprey Research and Recent Advances in the Field examination of the ...
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