RAIID.E. 



CHONDROPTERYG1I. 



U All DA* 



THE OLD BRITISH TORPEDO. 



COMMON CRAMP-FISH. NUMB-FISH, WeymOllth. 

 ELECTRIC RAY. CRAMP-RAY, Cornwall. 



Torpedo CUVIEU, Regne An. t. ii. p. 369. 



,, Cramp-fish, WILLUGHBY, p. 81, D. 4. 



Raia Torpedo, LINN/EUS. BLOCK, pt. iv. pi. 122. 



Torpille, UUHAMEL, Sect. ix. pi. 13. 



Torpedo, WALSH, Phil. Trans. 1772, vol. Ixiii. 



Raia Torpedo, Electric Ray, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 118, pi. 12. 



,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 53. 



Torpedo vulgaris, Common Cramp-fish, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 169, sp. 17. 



Torpedo marmorata, Risso, Ichth. p. 20. 



,, ,, MULIER & HENLE, p. 128. 



TORPEDO. Generic Characters. The disk of the body nearly circular ; pec- 

 toral fins large ; two dorsal fins placed so far back as to be on the tail ; surface 

 of the body smooth ; tail short, and rather thick ; teeth small and sharp. 



The family of the Rays or Skate. 



