RAJIDAE 2I 



of tail than to tip of snout. Snout moderately pointed (the margins meeting at an angle 

 of about 90 ), its length \ (young) to more than \ width of disc ; interorbital width equal 

 to or rather less than diameter of eye ; length of eye + spiracle 2% to 31 in that of snout. 



Fig. 7. A, Raja scaphiops, holotype; B, R. scaphiops, young male; C, R. eatonii, tail of mature male; 



D, R. eatonii, female, x k 



Internasal width z\ to z\ in praeoral length of snout. Mouth nearly straight ; teeth 

 of moderate size, with pointed crowns, sometimes worn so that the teeth appear flat ; 

 30 to 34 rows in the upper jaw. Upper surface of disc mainly smooth, but with areas 

 of minute spinules on anterior parts of pectorals, on snout, round the eyes and on the 



