The Spotted -.ae Ray. 



^% 



^median cartilage vs-ith the l.< 

 is the gradation in length 

 )m forehead to snout level. 

 short as that in my phot 

 id and snout of A . flagfl' 

 kn Bloch and Schneider's a 

 [reproduced as figures 24 a: 

 ^d in Gunther's (1880) ou' 

 fc out of sight, being cox 

 the pectoral fins. The c 

 'he snout anterior to the 

 are too small. It is i. 

 of his Raja edentula w 

 I it had a triangular snout, 

 ze, and with e<lges which 



fins N 

 ith ot <: - - .*i ' 



loiV :'s.4. 



but much vkKicr. T: 



1 ciosdy to ihoBc *t 

 i\es figures of the sas 



r>irde 



the t . . 

 Vm \viH*n 



^ion is \ *nd t 



to be ri'grcttptl that F< 



r publisht-d. 1 



1 iiU and fl.ittcnitl. cartil 



h . i^i a tendi-nc\- to curl or foD t 



1803) Eel Tenkee (fig. 6, pl.i ill) had the head tw mcc' 



The snout is very shar atctl; the cyc 



t, the fontanelle over liu- i.iin is too 



um, when compared with l.mfort and Key \'. 



that the snout is soft and 1 

 iuphrascn's (1790) drav ' 

 Both eyes and spirai . 

 1 lacks the cephalic fins. 

 ''sri648) (text-fig. l)ha>t} 

 I 1 the snout too short, I. 

 plate 11), from which 1 . 

 lie as to snout, eye, .i^ 

 has eyes dorsal, spira 

 former is an excellent 1 



it turns up *li. ' 



r 'Inirlr tr,ri f.ir 



lire was n 



I tirade: while the oi 

 i.sible, and vntux very loaf m 

 , the latter vcr>' poor. 

 ive size and shape of tlu cad and snout. ;ii in ofhrf 

 d eagle ray shows great \riations. In IJ< iuf..rt 

 both symmetrical anr! J i|i| 



'igures 15 and IQ^^ . ki 



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