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Burbot

Lota lota

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 10,218, February 7,547, March 11,824, April 18,602, May 26,821, June 29,246, July 31,295, August 26,914, September 19,760, October 14,749, November 8,060, December 6,299.
United States218,246
Alaska211,333
Canada6,477
Ontario4,537
Minnesota2,150
Michigan1,802
Wisconsin1,590
Nunavut561
Wyoming433
New York331

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCods and hakes · Gadiformes
FamilyHakes and Burbots · Lotidae
GenusLota

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