Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Gadiformes > Family Lotidae > Genus Lota

Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Gadus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lota*	Oken, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gadus lota*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): lake sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Налим sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: knude sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: burbot sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English-United States: Burbot sources: Charles Hussey

French: lote sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

German: Quappe; Rutte sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Lithuanian: vėgėlė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: lake sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: lake

Norwegian Nynorsk: lake

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lake sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: miętus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: burbot; mihalţ; mihoarcă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: налим; Налим речной sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Spanish, Castillian: lota sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lake sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: gelincik balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Минь; Минь річковий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: penfras dwr croyw

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (844 nucleotides; 144 proteins)
Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (184 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154388

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304784