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Taxon: Species Lota lota (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - burbot (fish)
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Authorship

Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 255.
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Types

Type of: Lota (Genus) Oken, 1817
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Lota lota lota (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Combinations

Basionym: Gadus lota Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Enchelyopus lota (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus compressus Lesueur, 1817 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus lacustris Walbaum, 1792 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Gadus maculosus Lesueur, 1817 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota brosmina Storer, 1839 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota communis Rapp, 1854 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota compressa (Lesueur, 1817) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota fluviatilis Perty, 1832 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota inornata DeKay, 1842 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota linnei Malm, 1877 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota lota asiatica Kirillov, 1972 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota lota kamensis Markun, 1936 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota lota lacustris (Walbaum, 1792) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Lota lota onegensis Melyantsev, 1948 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota maculosa (Lesueur, 1817) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota marmorata Koch, 1840 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota vulgaris Fitzinger, 1832 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Lota vulgaris obensis Anikin, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Molva lota (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Molva maculosa (Lesueur, 1817) Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: kwabaal Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: burbot
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