Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) lota (Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gadiformes
- family
- Lotidae
- genus
- Lota
- species
- Lota lota
description
Burbot. To 152 cm (59.8 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Circumpolar; to southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Mostly freshwater, but known to occur in brackish waters well to sea of various river mouths during Canadian summer (Renaud in Coad and Reist 2018). Depth: 0.3 – 300 m (1 – 984 ft) (Renaud in Coad and Reist 2018).