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BURBOT

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 809 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BURBOT  , or

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EEL-
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POUT (Lola vulgaris), a
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fish of the
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family Gadidae, which differs from the
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ling in the dorsal and anal fins reaching the caudal, and in the small
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size of all the
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teeth . It exceeds a length of 3 ft. and is a
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freshwater fish, although examples are exceptionally taken in
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British estuaries and in the Baltic; some specimens argil handsomely marbled with dark
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brown, with
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black blotches on the back and dorsal fins . It is very locally distributed in central and
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northern
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Europe, and an uncommon fish in
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England . Its flesh is excellent . The
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American burbot (Lola maculosa) is coarser, and not favoured for the table .

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