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Burbot, Trüsche, Quappe

Lota lota

Description:

The burbot (Lota lota) is the only gadiform (cod-like) fish inhabiting freshwaters. It is also known as mariah, the lawyer, and (misleadingly) eelpout. It is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk. It is the only member of the genus Lota. The genus and species name "lota" comes from the old French[1] "lotte", fish named also "barbot" in this language. The Inuktitut–Iñupiaq word for burbot was used to name the recently discovered extinct transitional species Tiktaalik. (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Bodensee, Überlingen 45 m deep

Notes:

Found it in the Bodensee at a bottomdepth of 45 m. Nice dive, nice fish, nice picture ;-)

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3 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

No problem!

Palaimon
Palaimon 12 years ago

ok, sorry and thank you

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Moved to fish :-)

Palaimon
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Palaimon

Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spotted on Jul 4, 2011
Submitted on Oct 15, 2011

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