Burbot - Wikipedia It is the only member of the genus Lota, and is the only freshwater species of the order Gadiformes The species is closely related to marine fish such as the common ling and cusk, all of which belong to the family Lotidae (rocklings)
The Real Poor Man’s Lobster? This Mysterious Native Fish Is Seeing a . . . At first glance, a burbot looks like some sort of large, slimy eel But, there’s much more to this native fish than meets the eye Burbot, commonly known as eelpout, can be found throughout the Northern hemisphere, primarily in Canada, Alaska, and along the Northern border of the lower 48
Burbot | Range Facts | Britannica Burbot, elongated fish of the family Lotidae that inhabits cold rivers and lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America A bottom dweller found in both fresh and brackish waters, it descends as deep as 700 metres (about 2,300 feet)
Meet the burbot: The slimy fish that only spawns in winter The burbot gets its name from the Middle French word borbeter, meaning to wallow in mud, fitting for a fish that lives at the bottom of bodies of water It is one of the few fish species in Vermont to spawn during winter
Burbot - Facts, Diet, Habitat Pictures on Animalia. bio The burbot (Lota lota), also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of the Northern hemisphere
Alaska Fish: Burbot - Alaskan Nature The burbot has a thin, elongated body that tapers to a point near the tail Its major distinguishing characteristics are a barbel or "chin whisker", and dorsal and anal fins that run from the middle of the body almost to the tail