222 
1836, ii, p. 183, ¢. fig. (ed. 2) ii, p. 267, (ed. 8) i, p. 572: Fries 
och Ekstrém, Skand. Fisk. 1836, p. 170, t. xli: Nordm. in 
Damid. Voy. Russ. Mérid. 1840, iii, p. 8350: Waurrz, Catalogue 
British Fish, 1851, p. 93: Gtnruer, Fische Neckar, 1859, p. 124, 
and Catal. 1862, iv, p. 359: Hecker and Kwrr, Suss. w. fis. ost. 
Mon. 1858, p. 3138: Buancuarp, Poiss. Hau. dou. France, 1866, 
p- 272, c. fig: Maum, Wiegm. Arch. 1864, p. 297: SrerpacH- 
nER, Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien. 1866, p. 387: Cotuert, Norges 
Fiske, 1875, p. 115: Hoveutoy, British Fresh-water Fishes, 
1879, p. 165, c. fig. 
Molva lota, Furmurne, Brit. Anim. 1828, p. 192. 
- Lota communis, Rapp, Fische Bodensee’s, 1854, p. 36. 
SYNONYMY OF AMERICAN EXAMPLES. 
Gadus lota, Scuorr, Schrift. Gesell. Nat. Freund. Berlin, 
1788, viii, p. 141: Pennant, Arctic Zool. 1792, Introd. p. exci. 
Gadus lacustris, Mrrcuett, Amer. Month. Mag.,, ii, p. 244. 
Lota maculosa, Lusrur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. i, p. 83: 
Ricuarpson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. Fish, 1831—37, p. 248: Kirr- 
LAND, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. 1842, iv, p. 24, pl. iii, f.1: Dexay, 
New York Fauna, Fish, 1842, p. 284, pl. lii, f. 168: Agassiz, 
Lake Superior, 1850, p. 325. 
Molwa maculosa, and M. huntia, Lesrur, Mém. Mus. v. 1819, 
pp- 159, 161, pl. xvi. 
Lota compressa, Lesrur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. i, p.84: Srorer, 
Fish. Mass. p. 134: ? Dexay, 1. c. p, 285, pl. Ixxviii, f. 244, 245. 
Lota mornata, Drxay, 1. c. p. 283, pl. xlv, f. 145. 
Lota brosmiana, Storer, Boston Journal, iv, pl. v, t. 1. 
Burbot, Coney-fish, Eel-pout. Mustéle, Barbotte, and La Loche, 
French. Butte and Quappe, German. 
B. viii, D. 18, 67—76, P.19, V. 7, A, 66—71, C. 30, Cee. pyl. 
25—30, Vert. 21/38. 
Length of head 5} to 53, of caudal fin 124, height of 
body 53 to 64 in the total length. Hyes, diameter 8 to 9 
in the length of the head, 24 diameters from the end of 
the snout; and 23 apart. Body subcylindrical anteriorly, 
