Burbot

Burbot
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Lotidae
Genus:	Lota; Oken, 1817
Species:	L. lota
Binomial name
	Lota lota; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Gadus lota Linnaeus, 1758; Enchelyopus lota (Linnaeus, 1758); Molva lota (Linnaeus, 1758); Gadus lacustris Walbaum, 1792; Gadus maculosus Lesueur, 1817; Lota maculosa (Lesueur, 1817); Molva maculosa (Lesueur, 1817); Gadus compressus Lesueur, 1817; Lota compressa (Lesueur, 1817); Lota vulgaris Fitzinger, 1832; Lota fluviatilis Perty, 1832; Lota marmorata Koch, 1840; Lota inornata DeKay, 1842; Lota brosmiana Storer, 1842; Lota communis Rapp, 1854; Lota linnei Malm, 1877;

The burbot (Lota lota), also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of the Northern hemisphere. It is the only member of the genus Lota, and is the only freshwater species of the order Gadiformes. The species is closely related to marine fish such as the common ling and cusk, all which belonging to the family Lotidae (rocklings).

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