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Native Freshwater Mussels - USDA

Native Freshwater Mussels glochidia will come into contact with the appropriate fish host. For example, female plain pocketbook mus-sels (Lampsilis cardium) wiggle a modified soft tis-sue part resembling a small minnow to lure the host fish, a smallmouth bass. When the smallmouth bass attempts to bite the minnow, the female releases her glochidia.

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