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Fish burbot – freshwater fish related to cod. Burbot fish is one of a kind, and in contrast to the other, from the cod family, is found only in fresh water.
Appearance burbot

The body of burbot elongate, strongly compressed on the sides of the back and rounded shape at the front. The head is slightly flattened and rather large, but the eyes of her little ones. Mouth large, semi-inferior. The upper jaw is longer than the lower. In both jaws arranged bristle teeth. Just at yc ling have long chin and a length of 3 to 5 parts of the total head and a pair of whiskers on top of the jaw.

Color burbot depends on the location of its habitat. It changes the transparency of water and light as well as the nature of the soil and age. Adults lighter than the young. The fins and belly burbot from light.

The fins on the back have different sizes – the first is very short, and the second longest. Anal fin long as the rear dorsal tight to the caudal fin. Pelvic fins are in front of infants, they have a rounded shape. On the ventral fin is long ray, burbot it feels like a mustache.

Scales very small, and even cover the gills. Scales are up to the nostrils through the top of the head. The length of the eel grows up to 120 cm, with a maximum weight of 18 kg.
Habitat

Distributed burbot in the rivers of Europe and Asia, as well as in the rivers of America. A lot of burbot lives in Siberia. There eel is considered a valuable commercial fish. Burbot can not live in water with a salinity higher than 12 ppm.

Very fond of burbot clean and cold waters where the bottom is covered with stones and silt. He loves burbot weak current and deep holes that do not fall into the sun rays.

In the summer of burbot are not caught, since the water temperature is above 15 degrees, burbot falls into a stupor and stop feeding. Catch burbot mostly in rivers that flow into the woods.
The burbot eats

When the going gets cold in burbot begins activity. With the first autumn cold burbot begins to actively feed. It eats mainly small fish. Very fond of ruffs and minnows. Burbot is prone to cannibalism.

Burbot are so greedy that he could miss the prey even in the cage. There were times when burbot fish swallowed along with the part of the network, and after he became entangled in it. Spring burbot begins the hunt for frogs.

With the onset of winter burbot goes under the ice. There he falls into a stupor for 2 weeks, and then again begin to show activity. At this time he begins to immigrate to spawning grounds.
Spawning

Burbot spawn in the winter under the ice. Spawn it is not far from the coast to the sandy or rocky bottom. Spawns in batches. Caviar from burbot fine. On the calf has the oil drop, which supports the heat in this cold weather.

Ripen burbot larvae within 2.5 months. Very few of the larvae survive, as most of the blows over, making easy prey for the larvae of other fish. Burbot himself not averse to try their eggs, as it is the most affordable food in the winter.

Burbot unique and interesting predator, who lives in the cold, while the other fish hibernate.
Burbot fishing at night

Videos about catching burbot

Since eel likes to chill in the waters of Lake Balkhash You will not catch her. But you can catch another, no less interesting, and predatory fish based Zavidovo.