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Burbot

Definition (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=310&AT=burbot)

The only member of the family which lives in freshwater. Crepuscular and nocturnal. Found in well oxygenated flowing waters and large lakes. Occurs from estuaries of large lowland rivers as well as from small mountain streams, preferring deep waters in summer. (FishBase)

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Freshwater fishes
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Approved Date
02-Jan-2013

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