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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 eelpout family was first proposed as the family Zoarchidae in 1839 by the English naturalist William Swainson but the spelling was changed to Zoarcidae after the spelling of the genus Zoarces was corrected by Theodore Gill in 1861. [1]
Lota lota — Burbot; Gasterosteiformes. Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks) Gasterosteus. Gasterosteus aculeatus — Three-spined stickleback; Pungitius.
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Burbot: Eelpout: Cyprinus Barbus Lota lota: Locally extinct [13] 7. Carp: Common carp: Cyprinus Carpio Cyprinus carpio: Non native [11] [12] 8. Chub: Chevin European chub: Cyprinus Jeses Squalius cephalus [9] 9. Dace: Cyprinus Leuciscus Leuciscus leuciscus [9] 10. Eel: Common eel: Anguilla Vulgaris Anguilla anguilla [9] 11. Flounder [9 ...
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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.