562 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



much more pointed, than in the last ; a small beard under 

 the chin. Fresh water fish. 



129. LOTA VULGAEIS, Cuv. Lake. The Burbot. D. F. 



Body piebald, brown and yellow ; eyes small ; jaws 

 equal; in the midland rivers and lakes often reaches 

 a weight of 12 to 14 Ib. In the Wener they spawn in 

 January, and this is the only time of the year they are 

 in season. They are then taken in bow nets set under 

 the ice, and are sold at from Is. 6d. to 3s. for 20 Ib. 

 They are said to spawn at so young an age, that seven 

 or eight will go to a pound. They are occasionally 

 taken on night lines. 

 Stewed burbot is considered a great dish here; the liver 



is particularly large and fine. They are voracious, and very 



destructive to the roe of other fish. 



Gen. PhyciSj Art. 



Characters of the lota } but the head is much flatter and 

 broader; the body is much deeper, and the ventral fins 

 consist only of a long single forked ray, like a thread ; a 

 small beard under the chin ; ventrals always twice as long 

 as the head ; first dorsal high and pointed. Body covered 

 with large scales ; dorsal and anal fins as in the ling. 



130. PHTCIS FURCATUS, Flem. Yanlig Bartel. The Great 



Fork Beard. 



The first dorsal more elevated than the second; 

 ventrals twice as long as the head ; body elongated ; 

 usual length here from 18 in. to 2 ft. D. 9 + 58 ; P. 

 16; Y. 1; A. 51. 

 Is taken occasionally off the west coast of Norway. 



Gen. Motella, Cuv. 



First dorsal scarcely perceptible ; barbules on the top of 

 the snout, as well as on the chin ; body long, as in the lota; 

 scales small, lie in a thick slimy skin. Head depressed ; 

 colour dull, without gloss; resembles the burbot in shape. 



