BURBOT. 183 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYGII. GADID&. 



THE BURBOT. 



EELPOUT. BURBOLT. 



Lota vulgaris, Burbot, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 448, sp. 134. 

 CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 334. 



,, ,, WlLLUGHBY, 125. 



Gadus lota, LINNJEUS. BLOCK, pt. ii. pi. 70. 



Burbot, PENN. Brit. Zool. p. 265. 



DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 92. 



Molva FLEM. Brit. An. p. 192, sp. 83. 



THE BURBOT is the only British species of this numerous 

 family of fishes that lives permanently in fresh water, and 

 prefers in this country slow running rivers ; but is neither 

 so generally known, nor so much esteemed and encouraged, as 

 from the goodness of its flesh it deserves. It is said to be 

 found in various parts of the North of Europe, Siberia, Asia, 

 and India. In this country it is rather local. It occurs in 

 the Cam, and in some of the rivers of Norfolk and Lin- 

 colnshire. The Trent produces it, and Nottingham market 

 is occasionally supplied with examples for sale. The Tame 

 is said to contain the Burbot, and so also do several rivers 

 in the counties of Yorkshire and Durham ; as the Ouse, the 





