On the Wharfe. 



Orda- in. 



ANACANTHINI. 



A. Amacanthini Gadoidei. 



Family 

 GADIIXE. 



lURBOT. gEL-POUT. 



( F^ota vulgaris.) 



lifuslfhl, 



Lola, 



jMustela fluviaiilis, Hos/ra/ikcs, Ed- J out 



nomine a Bdgis muliia/o, cind Biirbol 



Gallico vocabulo die/a, 

 Gadus dorso Iripicrvgio, ore cirrato, 



maxillis ccqualil/us, 

 Gadus lota. 

 Burbot, 

 Lota imlgaris, 

 Bitrbolt, Burbot, Ed-puut, 

 Molva lota, Ed-pout, Comy-fisli, Bird-Boll, 



Puny, Nat. Hist. ix. cap. 17. 

 Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 599. 



WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pise. p. 125. till). H. 



fii 



Aktedi, Spec. Pise. p. 38, Nu. 13. 



Lin., Sj-st. Nat. i. p. +40; Lacep., ii. p. 435; Doxov., Brit. Fish. pi'. 92. 



Pennant, Brit. Zool iii. p. 2O5. 



Jenyn.s' ]Man., p. 448; YAKRtLL, ii. p. 267; Guxther's Cat. iv. p. 359. 



Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 93, pi. 146. 



Fr.EM.. Brit. An., ji. 192. 



Characters of the Genus Lota. — "Botly elongate, covered with very small scales. A separate caudal; two dorsal fins 

 and one anal; ventrals narrow, composed of si.x rays. Villiform teeth of equal size in the jaws and on the vomer; 

 none on the palatines. The first dorsal with ten to thirteen well-dcvelopcd rays. Chin with a barbel. Branehiostcgals 

 seven or eight. Fresh-water fishes of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere." — GeNTiiER. 



