This video (30:41) is about the native Great Lakes fish, the burbot. Deep in the waters of the Great Lakes lives the only freshwater member of the cod family, the burbot (Lota lota). Known by many other names, including the lawyer and the eelpout, the burbot is a predator that lives near the bottom of lakes. This virtual online field trip (recorded video presentation) discusses the biology and ecology of the burbot and then peeks inside a burbot body through a dissection of an actual burbot. Titus Seilheimer, fisheries biologist, Wisconsin Sea Grant and Jo Withers, Wisconsin Science Festival host the virtual field trip.

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