Scientists study under-appreciated fish with special tag
Monday, May 29, 2017 - 05:32
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Most people think of salmon jumping upriver to spawn when they consider wild fish in the American Northwest. But another, lesser-known species—the Pacific Lamprey—is also culturally and historically important to the region. Lamprey have been on Earth at least 400 million years, which is significantly longer than salmon and even dinosaurs.