Return of the burbot: 'great lost fish' to be reintroduced to UK

Freshwater predatory cod species to make comeback after 50-year absence

Forget dreams of wolves, bears or lynx - the next animal to be restored to the British countryside could be a river bottom-dwelling fish that resembles a giant tadpole.

The burbot, much-maligned for its unprepossessing appearance with a fleshy appendage dangling from its chin, was last sighted in British rivers in 1969.