Species: Lota lota

Burbot
Species
Fishes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Gadiformes

Family

Gadidae

Genus

Lota

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Source:
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
lotte
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Gadiformes - Gadidae - Lota - The only freshwater member of the family (Nelson 1984).
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
true - true - false - May move long distances between spawning and nonspawning habitats (usually 1 to 25 km, but up to 120 km in the Kootenai River) (see USFWS 2003). May move from lake into stream to spawn (Scott and Crossman 1973). Basically sedentary during nonspawning season.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Young eat mainly immature aquatic insects, crayfish, molluscs, and other deepwater invertebrates. Larger individuals feed mostly on fishes (Becker 1983, Scott and Crossman 1973).
Reproduction Comments
Spawns mainly in winter in North America. Eggs hatch in about a month. Individuals spawn annually or in alternate years. Usually sexually mature in 3-4 years (males) or 4-5 years (females) (see USFWS 2003).
Length
84
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-20
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-20
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Widely distributed in both hemispheres south to about 40 degrees north latitude (south to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Missouri, Wyoming, and Oregon).
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