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Species in the genus Lota: [ 20 ] records

asiatica, Lota lota Kirillov [F. N.] 1972:279 [Fishes of Yakutia; ref. 7259] Several localities in Yakutia, Russia. No types known. Syntypes: (many) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952], Kottelat 2006:59 [ref. 28831], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

brosmiana, Lota Storer [D. H.] 1842:58, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Boston Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 1) (art. 7); ref. 18833] Winnipissogee Lake, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936] as brosmina, Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

communis, Lota Rapp [W. L. von] 1854:172 [Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 3608] Original not seen. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

compressus, Gadus Lesueur [C. A.] 1817:84 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (26 Aug.); ref. 17512] Connecticut River, U.S.A. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:263 [ref. 22186], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

fischeri, Gadus Boerner [J. C. H.] 1778:75 [Oekonomische Nachrichten der Patriotischen Gesellschaft in Schlesien v. 6; ref. 19954] Distelwitz (Dziesławice), Wartenberg County (Województwo dolnośląskie), Schlesien (Silesia), Poland. No types known. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

fluviatilis, Lota Perty [J. A. M.] 1832:717 [Isis (Oken) v. 25 (no. 7); ref. 18534] Unneeded new name for Gadus lota Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

fluviatilis, Mostella Dralet [É.-F.] 1821:40 [Considérations sur l'histoire naturelle des poissons, sur la pêche et les lois qui la régissent.; ref. 17418] No locality. No types known. Based on Gesner. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

huntia, Molva Lesueur [C. A.] 1819:161 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 5; ref. 12573] Connecticut River, at Northampton, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

inornata, Lota DeKay [J. E.] 1842:283, Pl. 45 (fig. 145) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] Hudson River at Lansingburgh, New York, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): Cabinet of the Albany Inst. (whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:263 [ref. 22186], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kamensis, Lota lota Markun [M. I.] 1936:214 [Izvestija Permskogo Biologiceskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Instituta [= Bulletin de l'Institut des Recherches Biologiques de Perm] v. 10 (pt 6); ref. 13717] Kama River at Okhansk, Russia. No types known. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:943 [ref. 20662], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lacustris, Gadus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:144 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Hudson Bay region, Canada. No types known. See Gilbert 1998:216 [ref. 23395]. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (McAllister 1990:119 [ref. 14674], McPhail 2007:418 [ref. 31199], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:55 [ref. 35138]). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:262 [ref. 22186], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Baxter & Stone 1995:207 [ref. 23374], Scott & Crossman 1998:645 [ref. 24570], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

leptura, Lota lota Hubbs [C. L.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1941:17 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 431; ref. 10913] Kotlik, near one of the mouths of the Yukon River, Norton Sound, Alaska, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 29916. Paratypes: USNM 76847-48 (134, 69). Additional material: many lots at USNM not specifically listed as types, also UMML 126329-31 (1, 1, 5). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies leptura Hubbs & Schultz 1941 as described -- (Chereshnev 1996:605 [ref. 24659], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:111 [ref. 23589], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:23 [ref. 25650], Chereshnev et al. 2001:109 [ref. 26736], Fedorov et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27579], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:171 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:948 [ref. 20662], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952], Scott & Crossman 1998:628 [ref. 24570], Sideleva 2001:55 [ref. 26181], Sideleva 2003:14 [ref. 27815], McPhail 2007:418 [ref. 31199], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

linnei, Lota Malm [A. W.] 1877:491 [ ref. 2881] Original as Linnéi. Tentatively regarded as an unneeded replacement name for Gadus lota Linnaeus 1758 (to avoid "Strickland tautonomy"). Locality Sweden. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lota, Gadus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:255 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] European lakes. Linnaean specimens: LS 37 and 38 (2, left half-skins). Type catalog: Wheeler 1985:37-38 [ref. 20705], and see Wheeler 1991:164-165 [ref. 20102]. North American and eastern Siberian populations are now considered to be Lota maculosa. •Valid as Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:943 [ref. 20662], Lee et al. 1980:487 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:261 [ref. 22186], Lelek 1987:263 [ref. 22962], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:99 [ref. 37748], McAllister 1990:118 [ref. 14674], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:137 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:214 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:358 [ref. 22809], Baxter & Stone 1995:206 [ref. 23374], Cross & Collins 1995:171 [ref. 23394], Coad 1995:25 [ref. 23608], Zhu 1995:164 [ref. 25213], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:55 [ref. 22798], Chereshnev 1996:605 [ref. 24659], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952], Kim 1997:369 [ref. 24032], Nikiforov et al. 1997:330 [ref. 24694], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Scott & Crossman 1998:641 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:275 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:41 [ref. 26594], Novikov et al. 2000:161 [ref. 40929], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:23 [ref. 25650], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Pietsch et al. 2001:143 [ref. 25688], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:201 [ref. 26728], Sideleva 2001:55 [ref. 26181], Kim & Park 2002:292 [ref. 25913], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:289 [ref. 25968], Choi et al. 2003:210, 540 [ref. 26218], Sideleva 2003:14 [ref. 27815], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:164 [ref. 27816], Hanel 2003:60 [ref. 27894], Alekseyev et al. 2004:54 [ref. 27625], Nelson et al. 2004:94 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:162 [ref. 27882], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:170 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:174 [ref. 28369], Hanel & Lusk 2005:331 [ref. 28804], Kottelat 2006:58 [ref. 28831], Ocock et al. 2006:56 [ref. 28933], Scharpf 2006:36 [ref. 30386], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:462 [ref. 29996], McPhail 2007:418 [ref. 31199], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:348 [ref. 30085], Esmaeili et al. 2010:374 [ref. 33391], Bianco & Delmastro 2011:6 [ref. 31648], Page & Burr 2011:420 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32708], Bianco 2013:9 [ref. 32897], Dolgov 2013:917 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:182 [ref. 33547] subspecies lota, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:891 [ref. 34062], Afonso et al. 2016:38, 188 [ref. 36199], Zhang et al. 2016:190 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138], Esmaeili et al. 2017:78 [ref. 35254], Romanov et al. 2017:825 [ref. 35687], Esmaeili et al. 2018:58 [ref. 36089], Ćaleta et al. 2019:181 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[6] [ref. 37535], Dyldin et al. 2021:32 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:80 [ref. 39279], Pozdeev et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39511], Nagy et al. 2023:358 [ref. 40348], Çiçek et al. 2024:296 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Distribution: Europe to Asia and North America; northern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

maculosus, Gadus Lesueur [C. A.] 1817:83 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (26 Aug.); ref. 17512] Lake Erie, North America. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Kottelat 2006:59 [ref. 28831] regards the North American population as distinct from Lota lota. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Lelek 1987:263 [ref. 22962], Chereshnev 1996:605 [ref. 24659]). •Valid as Lota maculosa Lesueur 1817 -- (Kottelat 2006:59 [ref. 28831], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:462 [ref. 29996]). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:262 [ref. 22186], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Baxter & Stone 1995:207 [ref. 23374], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589], Scott & Crossman 1998:645 [ref. 24570], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:289 [ref. 25968], McPhail 2007:418 [ref. 31199] as = lacustris, Zhang et al. 2016:190 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Distribution: North America and eastern Siberia [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

marmorata, Lota Koch [C. L.] 1840:42 [Animalia vertebrata. Fauna Ratisbonensis; ref. 18429] Unneeded new name for Gadus lota Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

molva, Lota Jenyns [L.] 1835:448 [A manual of British vertebrate animals; ref. 18335] North Atlantic. No types known. Based on literature sources. Apparently not a new species description. Lotidae.

obensis, Lota vulgaris var. Anikin [V. P.] 1902:108 [Izvestiya Tomskogo Imperatorslago Universiteta v. 22; ref. 19629] Ob River, Siberia, Russia. Holotype (unique): ZMTU uncat. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:943 [ref. 20662], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Kottelat 2006:59 [ref. 28831], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

onegensis, Lota lota infra. Mel'yantsev [I. F.] 1948:96 [Uchenye Zapiski Karelo-Finskogo Universiteta v. 2 (no. 3) (1947); ref. 21763] Not available, infrasubspecific; from Lake Onega. •In the synonymy of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:944 [ref. 20662], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952]). Infrasubspecific. Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae.

vulgaris, Lota Fitzinger [L. J. F. J.] 1832:331 [Beiträge zur Landeskunde Österreichs unter der Enns, Wien v. 1; ref. 5019] Cuvier 1829:215 only used the name in a vernacular sense. Unneeded new name for Gadus lota Linnaeus 1758. •Valid as Lota vulgaris Fitzinger 1832 -- (Herrera 1896:69 [ref. 39336] wit author as Cuvier). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:943 [ref. 20662], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.