Burbot

This is a burbot.

This fish is endangered in some states.

They prefer cool deep lakes and rivers. After spawning, which they do in the winter, they retreat to tributary rivers and streams. They are seldom abundant in any particular locations. Their dorsal and anal fins go nearly almost the length of their body. It has a barbal fin that extends from each nostril and barbal at the tip of it's lower jaw.

As stated before the spawn in the winter time. The eggs will hatch within 30 days. Young grow rapidly for their first 4 years feedind mostly at night on a variety of invertibrates.

They spend most of their time in lake shallows and stream channels. Adults more than 20 inches long feed almost entirely on other fish in the summer and invertibrates in the winter.