56-t 



KAIID.E. 



CHONDROPTERYGI1. 



RA UD/E. 



THE BORDERED RAY. 



Raia marginata LACEPEDE. 



,, ,, Bordered Ray, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 172, sp. 27. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 512, sp. 201. 



,, ,, BLAINV. Faun. Franf. p. 19. 



,, ,, BONAP. ,, Ital. fasc. vi. 



THE BORDERED RAY, as it is called from the broad 

 dark marginal edge of its pectoral fins, has been taken at 

 Liverpool, Brighton, and Weymouth ; it has also been 

 taken at Dieppe, and noticed by M. Noel and Lacepede. 

 It is a well-known species in the Mediterranean, described 

 by M. de Blainville, by the Prince of Musignano, and M. 

 Risso. But little is known of its habits, and it does not 

 attain a large size. M. Risso states that the flesh is con- 

 sidered pretty good. 



