Lampreys Are Known to Attach Themselves to Fish

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.