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Eelpout
The eelpouts are a family (Zoarcidae) of perciform ray-finned fish. As the name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance, with elongate bodies and the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal fin.
Each year in early February there is an annual International Eelpout Festival on Leech Lake. There is a black-tie dinner on the lake, ice bowling, and fishing tournament. The anglers who catches the biggest burbot wins a 7-foot-tall trophy.
Also known as - Eelpout, Lawyer, Methy, Maria, Loche, Freshwater Cod, Sandling, Dogfish, Spineless Cat, Mudblower, Mother-of-eels, Gudgeon, Cuskfish.
General Description
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Head of an eelpout, Pachycara gymninium
Head of an Obese Dragonfish
Head of Double Drummer Cicada
Head of emperor gum moth caterpillar
Head of McGrouther's Cusk
Head of Red Stone Centipede
Head of the Blue-spotted Parrotfish ...
The burbot (or lawyer, eelpout, or freshwater cod) is an elongate, cylindrical fish with 2 dorsal fins, a long anal fin, and pelvic fins in front of the pectoral fins.
They are probably far out in northern seas the rest of the year, feeding on fish such as pollock, cod, eelpout, and capelin, supplemented with squid, octopus, and shrimp.
SUBORDER ZOARCOIDEI
Includes ronquils, eelpouts, pricklebacks, wrymouths, gunnels, wolffishes, quillfishes, prowfishes, graveldivers
SUBORDER NOTOTHENIOIDEI
Includes bovichtids, notothens, plunderfishes, Antarctic dragonfishes, crocodile icefishes ...
Spotted seals feed on a wide variety of food sources including crustaceans, cephalopods, and fishes such as: herring, capelin, pollock, eelpout, sand lance, and cod. The diet varies by age, by region, and by season.
Thalassoma lunare (Moon wrasse)
Thunnus thynnus (Northern bluefin tuna)
Trachurus trachurus (Atlantic horse mackerel)
Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)
Zanclus cornutus (Moorish Idol)
Zoarces viviparus (Viviparous eelpout) ...
 See also: Cod, Eel, Burbot, Snake, Parrot
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