Juvenile Pacific lamprey at Abernathy Fish Technology Center

Several tubular fish with suction mouths and large eyes are mostly underwater with their heads poking out of the water and facing upward while their mouths suction against the sides of a structure.

Photo By/Credit

Amanda Sheehy/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

10/25/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Juvenile Pacific lamprey reared at Abernathy Fish Technology Center in southwest Washington use their suction mouths to cling to the corner of a holding tank.

Facility

Abernathy Fish Technology Center

Species

Entosphenus tridentatus

Subject tags

Anadromous fish