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Michelle Herman, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Lotidae
Genus:
Lota
Species:
lota
Common:
Burbot
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
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Regions:
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
North America - Inland Waters
Dubois, J., Dziedzic, A. 1989. L'Acoustique Passive Appliquée à l'Étude du Comportement des Corégones (Coregonus sp. et C. lavaretus) durant la Reproduction en Milieu Naturel [Underwater Sound Detection Applied to Aquatic Ethology: Some Results on Coregonids and Charr Spawing Sites in Two Subalpine Lakes]. Revue des Sciences de l'Eau, 2(4): 847-858.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Cott, P. A., Hawkins, A. D., Zeddies, D., Martin, B., Johnston, T. A., Reist, J. D., Gunn, J. M., Higgs, D. M. 2014. Song of the Burbot: Under-Ice Acoustic Signaling by a Freshwater Gadoid Fish. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40(2): 435-440.
Cott, P. A., Johnston, T. A., Gunn, J. M. 2013. Sexual Dimorphism in an Under-Ice Spawning Fish: The Burbot (Lota lota). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91(10): 732-740.
Hawkins, A. D., Rasmussen, K. J. 1978. The Calls of Gadoid Fish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 58(4): 891-911.
Cott, P. A. 2013. Life History and Reproductive Ecology of a Mid-Winter Spawner: The Burbot (Lota lota). PhD Dissertation, Laurentian University.
Grabowski, T., Young, S. P., Cott, P. A. 2019. Looking for Love Under the Ice: Using Passive Acoustics to Detect Burbot (Lota lota: Gadidae) Spawning Activity. Freshwater Biology, 65(1): 37-44.
Protasov, V. R., Romanenko, E. V. 1962. [Sounds Emitted by Some Fish, and Their Signal Importance]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 41(10): 1516-1528.