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Burbot
Lota lota
The burbot (Lota lota) is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. It is also known as bubbot, mariah, freshwater ling, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, freshwater cusk, and eelpout. The species is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk. It is the only member of the genus Lota. For some time of the year, the burbot lives under ice, and they require frigid temperatures to breed.
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Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.676
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.636
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.805
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.806
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.678
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.874
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.635
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.707
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104813.