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Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758)

Burbot
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Common names: Burbot, Burbot, Ellpout
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the northern USA (south to Pennysylvannia, Kentucky, Missouri, Wyoming and Washington (Ref. 86798). Recorded from south of the Great Lakes area (Ref. 10294). Also found in Green Bay and Lake Michigan (Ref. 43215). Illegally introduced in the upper Colorado river basin (Ref. 87934). Also Ref. 1371, 5723.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lotte de rivière, Lota, 江鳕, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Lotidae (Hakes and burbots)
Etymology: Lota: French name for the cod (Ref. 45335);  lota: From the French word "la Lotte" meaning codfish (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 7.5 - ? ; dH range: 18 - ?; potamodromous (Ref. 59043); depth range 1 - 700 m (Ref. 1998).   Temperate; 4°C - 18°C (Ref. 2059); 78°N - 40°N, 180°W - 180°E

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