Burbot

Burbot
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Lotidae
Genus:	Lota; Oken, 1817
Species:	L. lota
Binomial name
	Lota lota; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Gadus lota Linnaeus, 1758; Enchelyopus lota (Linnaeus, 1758); Molva lota (Linnaeus, 1758); Gadus lacustris Walbaum, 1792; Gadus maculosus Lesueur, 1817; Lota maculosa (Lesueur, 1817); Molva maculosa (Lesueur, 1817); Gadus compressus Lesueur, 1817; Lota compressa (Lesueur, 1817); Lota vulgaris Fitzinger, 1832; Lota fluviatilis Perty, 1832; Lota marmorata Koch, 1840; Lota inornata DeKay, 1842; Lota brosmiana Storer, 1842; Lota communis Rapp, 1854; Lota linnei Malm, 1877;

Burbot, Lota lota

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.

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

The burbot looks like a cross between a bowfin and eel.

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

List of fish common names

References

↑ NatureServe. 'Lota lota'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013 (2013)IUCN. p. e.T135675A18233691. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T135675A18233691.en.
↑ UKDivers.net - Fresh Warter Fish Cards. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
↑ Onions, C. T.. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1973). 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.

[IUCN-1] NatureServe. 'Lota lota'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013 (2013)IUCN. p. e.T135675A18233691. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T135675A18233691.en.

[2] UKDivers.net - Fresh Warter Fish Cards. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

[SOED3-3] Onions, C. T.. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1973). p. 420.

[4] "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.

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