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THE ANGLES-NATURALIST. 



THE BROAD-NOSED EEL. 



(Anguitta latirostris *.) 



The points in which the Broad-nosed Eel differs from the 

 Sharp- and Medium-nosed species are given at page 378. 

 Beyond these, it is not distinguished by any peculiarities 

 that I am aware of from the other common Eel, excepting 

 in the nature of its food, which is filthy in the extreme, 

 whilst the Sharp-nosed species is comparatively a cleanly 

 feeder. The Broad-nosed Eel is moreover altogether a 

 fiercer and more voracious fish, dashing at and seizing its 

 prey much as a terrier does a rat. This Eel, which seldom 

 exceeds 5 Ibs. in weight, is the Grig or Glut Eel of Pen- 

 nant, and it is probably also the " Frog-mouthed Eel " of 

 the Severn referred to by Dr. Hastings f, and so called by 

 the fishermen from its extraordinary width of mouth. It 

 exists in many of the waters which produce the Sharp- 

 nosed species. 



* Anguilla, a little snake; lattts, broad, and rostrum, a nose or 

 snout, Lat. t Natural History of Worcestershire, p. 135. 



