Class IV. BURBOT COD FISH. 



265 



Strinsias, ou Botatrissa. Belon, 



300. 

 Lota. Rondel, fluvial. 165. 



Gesner pise. 5gg. 

 Quappen, Elff-quappen, Ti- 



der-quappen, Truschen ? 



Schonevelde, 49. 

 Burbot, or Bird-bolt. Plot 



Staff. 241. tab. 22. Jig. 4. 

 Mustela fluviatilis nostratibus 



Eel-pout. Wil. Ichth. 125. 



Raii Syn.pisc. 67. 



Aal-rutte, Rutte. Kram. 388. 15. Burbot. 

 Gadus dorso dipterygio, ore 



cirrato, maxillis sequalibus. 



Arted. Synon. 38. 

 Gadus Lota. Lin. Syst. 440. 



Gm. Lin. 1172. Gronov. 



Zooph. No. 97. 

 Lake. Faun. Suec. No. 1 13. 

 La Lote. Block ichth. ii. 158. 



tab. 70. 

 Le Gade Lote. De la Cepede 



Hist, des Poissons. ii. 435. 



J.HIS fish is found in the Trent and the 

 rivers which fall into it, but in greater plenty 

 in the river JVitham, and in the great East Fen 

 in Lincolnshire. It is a very delicate fish for 

 the table, though of a disgusting appearance 

 when alive : it is very voracious, and preys on 

 the fry and lesser fishes. It does not often 

 take a bait, but is generally caught in weels. 



It abounds in the lake of Geneva, where it is 

 called Lota, and it is also met with in the Lago 

 Maggiore, and Lugano. 



The largest that we ever heard of in Great Descrip- 

 Britain, was taken in the Trent, by Sir Jervase 

 Clifton, which weighed eight pounds ; but that 

 is a very unusual size; it seldom attains the 

 weight of two or three pounds. The body has 



