A speckled pocketbook mussel with a fish-shaped lure

A speckled pocketbook mussel is displaying the lure it uses to infect a host fish for glochidia, its parasitic young, to infect. Some lures can resemble a small fish.
Photo By/Credit
Chris Davidson/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
05/12/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A speckled pocketbook mussel is displaying the lure it uses to infect a host fish for glochidia, its parasitic young, to infect. Some lures can resemble a small fish.
Facility
Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery
Arkansas Ecological Services Field Office
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Lampsilis streckeri
Subject tags
Aquatic animals
Aquatic environment
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Rivers and streams