Note 2407 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
John Bostock translation
Or weasel-fish. Cuvier is of opinion that Hardouin is right in his conjecture, that this is the Lote, or Gadus lota of Linnæus, which is still called motelle in some of the provinces of France. Its liver, he says, is one of the greatest delicacies that can be eaten.