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CEYLON PEARL OYSTER REPORT. 



Preliminary List of the Native Names of Elasmobranchs in Use in the 



North of Ceylon. 



Species. 



Native 



Signification. 



detohatis na/>inari (Euphrasen) . . . 



Ca/rcharias melanopterus, Quoy and Gaim , 

 Chiloscyllivm indicum (Gmel.) ... 



Chirocentrus dorab (Forsk.) 



bircrohntis rm/wi/uo (Russell) . . . 



Mustek mmazo, Bleeker .... 

 Myliobatis maculata, Gray and Hardw. 



Narcine timlei (Bl. Schn.) .... 



Pristis cuspidatw, Latham .... 



Pristis zyson, Bleeker 



Pteroplatea micrura (Bl. Schn.) . . . 



Rhinobatus sp 



Rhinoptera adspersa, Mull, and Eenle 



Rhinoptera javanica, Mull, and Henle 

 Rhynchdbatus djeddmsis (Forsk.) . 



Stegostoma tigrinum (Gmel.) .... 



Trygon kuhli, Muller and Henle. . 



Trygon sephen (Forsk.) 



Trygon uarnak (Forsk.) 



Trygon walga, Mull, and Henle . 

 / Wogymnus aspeirimus (I!l. Schn.) . 



Zygoma bhchi, Cuvier 



fPua tirikkai, Tamil. 



\ Pulli-maduwa, Sinhalese . 



Kunda mora, Sinh. 



Kurakan sura, Tam. . 



Spotted Ray. 



Kurakan-shark (Kurukan 

 Eleusine cwacana). 



Bunch of thorns. 



Horned Ray. 

 Milk-shark. 



Numbing ray-fish.. 



f Valai or Walai, Tam. . 

 \ Katuwalla, Sinh. . . 



{Koppu tirikkai, Tam. 

 Kombu tirikkai, Tam. . 

 Anga maduwa, Sinh. . 



Pal sura, Tam 



f Panjadi tirikkai, Tam. 

 \Panjadiya maduwa, Sinh. 



f Hiri maduwa, Sinh. . 



(Timili, Tam I Numbing fish. 



J" Vela-min, Tam I Sawfish. 



\ Deti mora, Sinh Saw-shark 



Illipa, Tam. 



Attavannai tirikkai, Tam. 



J Gal uluwa, Sinh. . . . 

 \ Kal uluvi, Tam. . . . 



f Sankkudi tirikkai, Tam. 

 t_Mundeikanni tirikkai, Tam 



Valvadi tirikkai . . 



("Kiri-uluwa, Sinh. . . 

 < Uluwa mora, Sinh. . 

 l_Pal-uluvl Tam. . . 



Komorin sura, Tam. . 



and 

 Pullian sura, Tam. 



Katti tirikkai, Tam. . 



f Ada tirikkai, Tam. 



\ Polkolla maduwa, Sinh. 



Pullian tirikkai, Tam. 



Manal tirikkai, Tam. . 



J" Kalli tirikkai, Tam. . 

 \Erabadu maduwa, Sinh. 



f Udalu mora, Sinh. 

 \ Komban sura, Tam. . 



Rock uluwa. 

 Rock plough-fish. 



Chank-eating Ray (Madura 



coast). 

 Goggle-eyed Ray (North of 



Ceylon). 



Gregarious Ray.* 



Milk-uluwa. 

 Uluwa-shark. 



Milk plough-fish. 



Comorin-shark. 



Spotted-shark. 

 Ray with boils, f 



Coconut-leaflet Ray. J 



Spotted Ray. 



Sand Ray. 



Prickly-pear Ray. 

 Erabadu Ray. 



Pickaxe-shark. 

 Horned-shark. 



* From its habit of going about in great shoals. 



t A reference to the boil-like appearance of the large blue spots upon the disc. 



\ This name has reference to the resemblance borne to the pinna of a coconut leaf by the tail and 

 its cutaneous fold. 



Erabadu, the tree Erythrinu indica, L., which has the trunk and branches studded with strong prickles. 



