Burbot
| Burbot | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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
[change | change source]The burbot looks like a cross between a bowfin and eel.
Ecology
[change | change source]Habitat
[change | change source]These fishes live in large, cold rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. They mostly prefer freshwater habitats.
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Lota lota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 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. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
