588 



RAIID.E. 



CHONDROPTERYGIL 



RAI1DJE. 



THE STING RAY. 



COMMON TRYGON. FIRE FLAIRE. 



Trygon pastinaca, La Pastinaque, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 399. 



,, ,, Common Trygon, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 170, sp. 18. 



Pastinaca marina, Rondeletii, WILLUGHBY, p. 67, C. 3. 



Raia pastinaca, LINN.EUS. BLOCK, pt. iii. pi. 82. 



,, ,, Sting Ray, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 125. 



,, ,, ,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 99. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 518, sp. 207. 



,, ,, NILSS. Ichth. Scand. p. 120. 



,, ,, BLAINV. Faun. Franf. p. 35. 



Trygon pastinaca, BONAP. ,, Ital. fasc. 6. 



TRYGON. Generic Characters. Head enclosed laterally by the pectorals ; 

 posterior portion of the disk of the body somewhat rounded ; tail armed near 

 its origin with a long and sharp flattened spine, serrated on both edges : the 

 rest of the tail slender, without fins, and ending in a point ; teeth small. 



FROM the Rays whose bodies are more or less covered and 

 protected with sharp spines supported on broad bases, and 



