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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Lota
Oken, 1817
- burbot
(fish)
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Entity:
Lotidae (Family) - hakes and burbots
..Brosme (Genus)
..Molva (Genus)
..Lota (Genus) - burbot
....Lota lota (Species) - burbot
Authorship
Original name
:
Oken, 1817. Isis, 1817, [1182 a]; Schinz 1822, in Cuvier, Thierreich, 2, 363.
Types
Type of
:
Lotidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1835
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; [<24 Jun 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Lotinae
(Subfamily)
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Lota lota
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kwabalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
burbot
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 685.
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