﻿i4 •ENDEAVOUK" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



first rather more than half the width of the spiracle. Teeth 

 small and rounded, scarcely juxtaposed, each with a small 

 median point. 



Upper surface of disk quite smooth except for two pairs of 

 spines above the anterior part of the eyes and four over the 

 posterior portions. Several minute spines are also present on 

 the upper eye-lid. Tail with several rows of spines which are 

 largest anteriorly but most numerous posteriorly. Both dorsal 

 fins are also covered with minute spines. 



Dorsal fins subequal, the space between them equal to half 

 the length of their bases. Caudal absent. A broad skinny 

 flap extends along each side of the tail as far as the end of 

 the ventrals. Anterior lobes of the ventrals greatly produced, 

 the gaps between them and the posterior lobes each with four 

 small triangular lobes. On the upper surface, where the fins 

 are covered by the disk, there is a pair of large fatty glands. 



Colour. — Pale brown above with lighter patches which are 

 covered with small brown dots. Body, fins and tail with 

 numerous small bluish spots which are absent only on the 

 lighter patches on the disk ; in places they are confluent and 

 form reticulate patterns. Lower surfaces slate-coloured. 



Length of specimen 454 mm. 



A single female specimen was trawled in 44 fathoms, north- 

 west of Greenly Island, South Australia. 



This species is at once distinguished from all other Aus- 

 tralian species of Raja by its rounded and perfectly smooth 



^^^y- Family NARCOBATID^. 



Genus Narcine, Henle. 

 Narcine t.asmaniensis, Richardson. 

 Tasmanian Numb-fish. 

 jV. (/'('/)((' tasmaniefisis, Richardson, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1841, 

 p. 22, and Trans. Zool. Soc, iii., 1849, p. 178, pi. xi., 

 fig. 2. 

 Specimens were preserved from the east coast of Hinders 

 Island, Bass Strait. 



Family DASYBATID/E. 



Genus Urolophus, Milller and Henle. 



Urolophus cruciatus, Lacepede. 



Banded Stingaree. 



Raja cniciatus, Lac^p^de, Ann. Mus., iv., 1804, pp. 201 and 



210, pi. Iv., fig. 2. 

 Urolophus cruciatus, Richardson, Zool. Erebus and Terror, 

 Fishes, 1844, p. 35, pi. xxiv. 

 Two specimens from 40 fathoms off the east coast of 

 Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 



