26 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



cud of snout. Teeth small, cusps sharp, in forty-two rows on the upper jaw (male adult). 

 Eyes moderately large, interorbital space narrow, deeply concave; width three times in 

 the distance from the end of the snout to the eye. Spiracles smaller than the eye. Ven- 

 trals medium; portion in front of the notch rather small. Dorsals small, separated by a 

 space with tubercles. A vertebral series of small tubercles on back and tail; two lateral 

 series on each side of the tail; a series on each orbital ridge; a group of several above the 

 end of the rostral cartilage; a group on each pectoral opposite eye and spiracle; a group of 

 retractile spines opposite the shoulder neai the outer angle of the pectoral. Excepting the 

 above, in this specimen, the disk is smooth on the upper surface. The ventral surface is 

 smooth, with the exception of the portion anterior to the mouth, which is covered with fine 

 sharp scales or shagreen. 



"Differing from /.'. eglanteria (Lac), which it resembles in shape, in a somewhat shorter 

 snout and in coloration. 



"Disk, including ventrals, 9.5; width, !t; tail, from vent, !Ui: and total length, 10.25 

 inches. 



"Light yellowish brown, sprinkled with small spots of brown intermixed with others of 

 white. On the base of each pectoral, a little behind the shoulder girdle, there is a trans 

 versely oblong spot of brown, half an inch in diameter, surrounded by a ring of small spots 

 forming a sort of rosette. Uniform white beneath." 



A specimen (No. 748. Mas. Comp. Zoo].), of this form was obtained by the Blake, on the 

 Yucatan Banks, in the Gulf of .Mexico. The depth at which it was captured is not recorded, 

 but B. ornata, regarded by Gariuan as a variety of R. acMeyi, was taken at 138 to 142 fathoms. 



RAIA ORNATA, Gasman. 



Raja ornata, var. nov. I,', ackleyi, Garman, loc. ait., 235 (1881) 

 Raja ackleyi ornata, Jordan, Cat. Fish. \. A.. 1S85, 11. 

 Raja ornata, Goodb a Beak, null. Mns. Comp. Zoiil., x. 15. 



"Disk, including the ventrals, little broader than long, anterior margins convex at the 

 extremities of the pectorals; tail depressed, becoming quite slender backward, with a nar- 

 row cutaneous fold on each side. Rostral angle obtuse. Snout not produced beyond the 

 convex margins on each side of it. Rostral cartilage slender, acute. Mouth medium, mod- 

 erately curved: width one and one third times in the distance from the end of the snout. 

 Teeth small, smooth, in forty-four series in the upper jaw (young male). Eyes large, inter- 

 orbital space more than three times their distance from the end of snout. Spiracles smaller 

 than the eye. Ventrals medium; posterior portion elongate, anterior small. Dorsals small, 

 separate. Hinder margin of pectorals rounded. A vertebral series of spines on back and 



tail ; one lateral series on each side of t his on the back, and tw i the tail; a series on each 



orbital ridge: a single spine on the forehead between the eyes; a group of several above the 

 end of the rostral cartilage; a spiue on each shoulder; a group near each ventral on the 

 hinder angle of the pectoral, and a group on the anterior extremities of the latter. Entire 

 upper surface rough with small, sharp asperities: smooth below. 



"Disk to end of ventrals, 4.5; width, 4; tail from vent, 4.6; and total length, 8 inches. 



"Light brownish, freckled with lighter, marked with scattered rosettes or groups of small 

 spots of darker. One of these groups stands on the pectoral a little back of the shoulder, a 

 couple near the hinder angle, and one opposite, or a little behind the spiracle. White 

 beneath. Several spots on the tail; one at the base of each dorsal. 



"Type Xo. 915, Mus. Comp. Zoiil. 



"One specimen off Alligator Key, Florida; 138 fathoms. 



"Three specimens, lat. 32° 24' X.. Ion. 78° 44' W.; 142 fathoms. 



"Of the latter, one has only the vertebral series of spines well develojied; another has 

 the vertebral and one lateral on each side; and the third has the three series and the scat 

 tered spines in the second lateral. One has a third dorsal considerably in advance of the 

 usual pair, near the middle of the length of the tail. Tail extending behind the dorsals in a 



