HEALTHY MUSSELS, HEALTHY RIVER! Mussels also have this amazing and unusual lifecyle that includes fish as a host. Glochidia (or mussel larvae) attach themselves to the gills of fish, where they ...

The fertilized eggs develop inside the female into tiny larvae called glochidia. The glochidia must attach to the gills of a host fish or salamander to complete development. Some mussels produce lures ...

The mussel, which bears an uncanny resemblance to its namesake, relies on two fish species, goldeye and mooneye, to host its larvae (called glochidia). These fish haven’t inhabited the upper reaches ...