Burbot
The burbot (Lota lota) is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. It is also known as bubbot,[2] mariah, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod,[3] and eelpout.
| Burbot | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Lotidae |
| Genus: | Lota Oken, 1817 |
| Species: | L. lota
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| Binomial name | |
| Lota lota | |
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File:Lota lota GLERL 1.jpg
Burbot, Lota lota
The burbot can live under ice, and it needs frigid temperatures to breed. "These were ice-age fish that once swam unhindered in a glacial world".[4]
Description
Ecology
Habitat
These fishes live in large, cold rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. They mostly prefer freshwater habitats.
Burbot Media
Burbot European geographic distribution
An 1879 illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon
Batchawana Bay, Lake Superior
Related pages
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Lota lota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T135675A18233691. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T135675A18233691.en.
- ↑ "UKDivers.net - Fresh Warter Fish Cards". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ Onions, C. T. (1973). The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (3 ed.). p. 420.
- ↑ "The decline of the 'disgusting' burbot". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2015-07-07. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33410217. Retrieved 7 July 2015.