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Grows to three feet in length. Color, dark brown, mottled or spotted on greenish white ground.

The Lamprey has a sucking mouth and seven holes on each side of the neck instead of gills, otherwise it is like the Eel.

Retires to the sea to hibernate.

Length, ten inches. Color, back, bluish or brown, lighter beneath. Shaped like a diminutive Lamprey.

Both the Lamprey and the Lampern are highly esteemed in Europe as foodfishes.