Burbot

Burbot (Lota lota) is a freshwater fish in the cod family, Gadidae, native to northern Eurasia and North America. It is the only gadid that lives exclusively in freshwater.

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Gadidae: Gadidae is a family of ray-finned fishes that includes cods, haddock, and pollock. Burbot is the family’s sole species restricted entirely to freshwater.
Winter spawning: Winter spawning is reproduction that takes place during the coldest part of the year. Burbot spawn beneath ice or in very cold water, unlike most freshwater fishes.
Burbot fishery: A burbot fishery is the harvest of burbot for food or commercial sale. Burbot are caught through targeted winter fisheries and as incidental catch.
Lake Winnipeg: Lake Winnipeg is a large lake in Manitoba, Canada, drained by the Nelson River. Its commercial fishery has harvested burbot alongside other freshwater species.
Atlantic cod: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a marine gadid native to the North Atlantic Ocean. Unlike burbot, Atlantic cod live in marine waters.
Lota lota: Lota lota is the scientific name of the burbot, a freshwater fish species. This binomial identifies the species across its Eurasian and North American range.
Demersal fish: Demersal fish live and feed on or near the bottom of a body of water. Burbot forage near lake and river bottoms, where their sensory barbels help locate prey.
Subsistence fishing: Subsistence fishing is fishing primarily to provide food for the fisher and their community. Burbot provide a traditional winter food source in parts of their range.
Great Slave Lake: Great Slave Lake is a large, deep lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. Burbot inhabit this northern lake and support local fishing.
Arctic cod: Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) is a small marine gadid found in Arctic waters. It shares a northern range with burbot but is adapted to the sea.