BURBOT
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 809
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BURBOT
, or See also:EEL-See also:POUT (Lola vulgaris), a See also:fish of the See also:family Gadidae, which differs from the See also:ling in the dorsal and anal fins reaching the caudal, and in the small See also:size of all the See also:teeth
.
It exceeds a length of 3 ft. and is a See also:freshwater fish, although examples are exceptionally taken in See also:British estuaries and in the Baltic; some specimens argil handsomely marbled with dark See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, with See also:black blotches on the back and dorsal fins
.
It is very locally distributed in central and See also:northern See also:Europe, and an uncommon fish in See also:England
.
Its flesh is excellent
.
The See also:American burbot (Lola maculosa) is coarser, and not favoured for the table
.
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