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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 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, 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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