PLATE LVT, 
ture Over the eye, and slopes considerably towards the base of the 
Snout. When viewed in profile, the difference between the two i* 
very striking, the snout of Acus never appearing to exceed in breadth 
two thirds of the head ; while in Typhle, the snout and head are both 
of the same breadth. Had not Linnaeus previously assigned a specific 
character to this species, wc should for this reason call it latirostris, 
in order to distinguish it at once from the other kind. 
It may be questioned whether the S. Typhle of Bloch be not 
rather a variety of Acus in a young state, in which the belly has 
been perhaps but slightly carinated. The structure of the snout aS 
represented, is exactly that of Acus. He speaks also of five rays in 
the anal fin, which is only one less than in Acus, at the same tinrs 
that it is two more than is usual in the anal fin of Typhle. 
The number of rays in the dorsal fin of the specimen delineated » n 
our Plate is forty-one ; in the pectoral fin twelve ; in the anal fi 11 
three ; and in the tail twelve 
This kind is found in all the northern seas of Europe. The colon 1 ' 
is variable from greenish olive, to olivaceous yellow, and brown 
variegated sometimes with dark, or blueish lines. It* length seldon* 
exceeds a foot. 
