What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Burbot been recorded?

Lota lota occurrence evidence comes from 201,834 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

GadiformesLotidaeLota

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

201,834 records across 23 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Lota lota · GBIF taxon key 2415460

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Burbot has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Burbot. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 191,087
United States 2,960
Belgium 2,442
Norway 1,745
Poland 1,487
Germany 763
Austria 648
Canada 531
Italy 40
Serbia 35
Slovenia 25
Denmark 15
Croatia 13
Bosnia & Herzegovina 10
Switzerland 8
Montenegro 7
Czechia 4
France 4
Luxembourg 3
Bulgaria 2
Finland 2
Russia 2
Ukraine 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.