154 BURBOT. 



situated immediately beneath the second dorsal : 

 tail of moderate size, and even at the end : skin 

 smooth, without perceptible scales, and every where 

 marked by numerous, small, round, whitish, ocellat- 

 ed spots on a pale brown ground-colour : lateral 

 line not distinctly visible, but rather marked by a 

 continued angular elevation of the skin along the 

 whole length of the body, so as to give the fish a 

 squarish form : length about two feet two inches : 

 depth about two inches and a half. Supposed to 

 be a native of the Southern ocean, being placed in 

 a collection of fishes taken during the last voyage 

 of Captain Cook. 



BURBOT. 



Gadus Lota. G. divaceo-flavescem nigro variegatus, ore drrato, 



maxillis ceqvalibus. 

 Yellowish-olive Gadus, variegated with black, with barbed 



mouth and both jaws equal. 

 Gadus Lota. G. dipterygius drratus 9 maxillis cequalibus. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. p. 440. Block, t. 70. 

 Burbot. Penn. Brit. Zool, 3. 



THE Burbot, a fish very highly esteemed for its 

 superior delicacy, is an inhabitant of clear lakes 

 and rivers, and is found in many parts of Europe 

 and Asia. In our own country it occurs chiefly in 

 the lakes of the Northern counties, in some of the 

 fens of Lincolnshire, and the rivers Witham and 

 Trent ; but it is said to arrive at its greatest per- 

 fection in the Lake of Geneva, where it is found in 



