Lampreys Are Known to Attach Themselves to Fish

question 110

Multiple Choice

Lampreys are known to attach themselves to fish. In doing so they rasp off a section of the fish with hard keratinized structures and "feed" on the blood and fluid that oozes into their oral cavity. Fish can survive with a lamprey attached, but they have to expend extra energy swimming with the lamprey attached. This association would be designated a:

• A)mutualism.
• B)parasitism.
• C)predation.
• D)commensalism.

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