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BURBOLT. 



Anacanthini. Gadidce. 



[Lota vulgaris. Gadiis lota.) 



Local names : Blob-kite, Burholt, Cony-fish, Eel-pout. French : 

 Lotte. German: Quappaal, Aalquappe. Polish: Mietuz. 

 Danish : Kvahhe. Italian : Botatrice. 



In this country the Bnrbolt is local, being not uncommon 

 in the Trent, especially about Nottingham and Gains- 

 borough, and Cambridgeshire. It is found in the rivers 

 of Yorkshire, Durham, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Cam- 

 bridgeshire, and the Swale in Yorkshire. 



BURBOLT. 



We Londoners very seldom see or hear of a burbolt,. 

 and they are such a stupid and ugly fish that I cannot 

 advise trouble to be taken with their dissemination, 

 though doubtless they would thrive in many of our 

 ponds and lakes. 



Burbolt are very numerous in the Lake of Neuchatel. 

 They are a noctiu-nal fish, in the day hiding them- 

 selves under the stones or in the mud. They do 

 not seem to have many enemies, as they are never 

 found in the stomachs of carnivorous fish. They 

 spawn in the deepest holes in the lake — 480 to 540 feet. 

 Their spawning time is h'om the end of January to the 

 beginning of March. During their spawning time the 

 fishermen are allowed bylaw to fish for them and catch 



