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THE ANGLEE-NATUEALIST. 



THE BROAD-NOSED EEL. 



(Anguilla 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 lbs. 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 ■\, and so called by 

 the fishermen from its extraordinary width of mouth. It 

 exists iu many of the waters which produce the Sharp- 

 nosed species. 



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

 snout, Lat. t Natural History of Worcestersliii-e, p. 135. 



