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Burbot, Lota lota The burbot (Lota lota), also known as bubbot, [2] mariah, [3] loche, cusk, [4] freshwater cod, [5] freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, [6] or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of the Northern hemisphere.
The International Eelpout Festival is an annual gathering held in the town of Walker, Minnesota. It celebrates the eelpout (or burbot, scientific name Lota lota ), an indigenous bottom dwelling fish that inhabits the region's lakes, in some cases being found as deep as 300m.
The metabolic responses of Antarctic and temperate eelpout species during exercise and subsequent recovery at 0 °C [18] is a point of emphasis when understanding this species. Contrary to the hypothesis of reduced glycolytic capacity in Antarctic fish as an adaptation to low temperatures, findings revealed similar increases in white muscle ...
The viviparous eelpout has a slim, tapering body and resembles a small burbot (Lota lota), a wide head and mouth and protuberant lips.It has long, ribbon-like dorsal and anal fins which continue on to unite with the arrowhead-shaped caudal fin.
ælepūte: 'burbot'. The Old French word borbote had replaced ælepūte by the Middle English period. [2] 'Burbot' first occurred in English around 1475. Its modern descendant, 'eelpout', is occasionally used for the burbot, although it has come to define a different animal. cāwelwyrm: 'caterpillar' (see lēafwyrm).
8 lb burbot largest ever recorded in England, caught from the river Trent around 1700–1800. No date/also method of capture unknown. 83 lb 4 oz mirror carp called Big Plated caught from Wingham syndicate carp lake in Kent, November 2017. No record claimed - angler wanted no publicity.
The snubnose eelpout has a moderately elongated body which has a depth at the origin of the anal fin equivalent to between 5.7% and 12.7% of its standard length. The mouth is terminal and there are no pelvic fins but the pectoral fins are long, wide and rounded and have between 16 and 19 fin rays. The body before the anus is around two fifths ...
List of fish encountered in Swedish waters; both fresh water (lakes and streams) and in the marine salt water.. The table denotes species native to Sweden, as well as those introduced from a neighbouring country and those that have only occurred occasionally.