360 GADID^. 



Fische Neckm; p. 124 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 580 ; Nordm. in 



Detnid. Voy. Ittiss. Merid. iii. p. 530. 

 Molva lota, Flem. Brit. An. p. 192. 

 Lota communis, Rapp, Fische Bodensee's, p. 36. 

 Anatomy : Brandt Sf Ratzeb. i. tab. 8. fig. 3 ; Rajip, I. c. ; Delaroche, 



Ann. Mus. xiv. 1809, p. 279. 

 Skeleton : Affass, Poiss. Foss. v. pi. H (Lota fluviatilis) ; Giinth. I. c. 



/3. Synonymy of the American specimens. 



Gadus lota, Petm. Arct. Zool. Introd. p.cxci; Schoepf, Schrift. Gesellsch. 



Naturf. Freund. Berl. viii. p. 141. 



■ • lacustris, Mitch. Am. Month. Magaz. ii. p. 244. 



Lota maculosa, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. p. 83; Richards. Faun. 



Bor.-Amer. Fish. p. 248 ; Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 1842, iv. 



p. 24. pi. 3. fig. 1 ; Bekay, New York Fauna, Fish. p. 284. pi. 52. 



tig. 168 ; Agass. Lake Super, p. 325. 

 Molvumnculosa, Lesuetir,Metn.3Ius.Y. 1819, p. 159. pl.l6 (too slender). 



himtia, Lesiieur, I. c. p. 161. 



Lota compressa, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. p. 84; Storer, Fish. 



Massach. p. 134; ?Dekay, I. c. p. 285. pi. 78. figs. 244, 245. 



inomata, Dekay, I. c. p. 283. pi. 45. tig. 145. 



brosmiana, Storer, Bost. Journ. iv. pi. 5. fig. 1. 



B.8. D. (10-12) 13 I 67-75. A. 66-71. Vert. 21/38. Csec.pyl. 30. 



Barbel rather longer than the eye ; a short barbel on each side at 

 the nostrils. Yellowish or brownish, more or less marbled with black. 



Fresh waters of central and northern Europe, of Canada, and of 

 the adjoining parts of the United States. 



a. European specimens. 



a-g. Adult : skiias. Frith of Forth. From Dr. ParneU's CoUection. 



h. Half-grown : skin. River Wiske, Yorkshire. 



i-Jc. Half-grown. London market. Presented by Mr. E. Gerrard. 



l-m. Adult and young : skins. England. From Mr. YarreU's Col- 

 lection. 



n. Adult : stuffed. England. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



0. Adult. England. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



p. Adult. Gotha River (Sweden). 



q. Half-grown. River Elbe. Presented by Dr. E. RiippeU. 



r-s. Half-grown. Lake of Constance. From the Stuttgart Museum. 



t, u. Adult. Danube. 



V. Young. Switzerland. Presented by Prof. L. Agassiz. 



w. Half-grown. South Europe. Presented by Dr. E. RiippeU. 



x-y. Adult: stuflFed. 



z. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's CoUection. 



a-/3. Adult : skuUs. Lake of Constance. From Dr. A. Giinther's 

 CoUection. 



(3. American specimens. 



a. Thirty-five inches long : stuffed. Pine Island Lake. Presented 



by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h, c, d. Adult : stuffed. Pine Island Lake. Presented by Sir J. 



Richardson. 

 e. Adult : stuffed. Lake Madawaska (Canada). 



