895 
LAMPERN. 
Lamputra nlfcra minor niacuKs courens, Willottgitby; PI. G- 2, f. 1, the 
word minor referring by com- 
parison to the Sea Lamprey. 
Petromyzon flumatUis, LinnjEgs. Bloch ; PI. 78, f. 1. 
“ “ Plejiing; Br. Animals, p. 163. 
“ pricha, Laoepede. 
“ fluviatilis, Ccvibr. 
“ “ Jenyns; Manual, p. 521. 
“ “ Yaeeell; Br. Pishes, vol. ii, 
p. 604. 
Lacepede says that this fish is an inhabitant of lakes rather 
than rivers, and that it comes into the latter only when pre- 
pared to shed its spawn, which is in the spring. It may he 
from the general absence of lakes in England that with us it 
is usually found in rivers, and in preference it abounds in 
such as are deep and widej and it is there they may be 
obtained throughout the year, although there appears to be 
no doubt that some individuals have been found in the open 
sea, to which it is probable they do not proceed at all seasons, 
as if in regular migration, and where they do not continue 
long. 
This species has never been so highly valued for the table 
as the larger Sea Lamprey, although a small trade has been 
carried on by pickling it to send even to India; but on some 
accounts it is of greater importance, and might be of more if 
it were employed for the same purpose more generally among 
ourselves, as it is abroad. Dutch fishermen have long ago 
discovered that it may be made an excellent bait for the 
Turbot and Cod; and, as their own country cannot provide a 
sufficient supply, they have had recourse especially to the 
Thames, where the vast abundance in which this fish is (or 
