SOUTH AFRICA 37 



Squalus acutipinnis, Regan. 



Barnard, t.c, p. 48. 

 St. A. I male specimen, 410 mm.; i female, 415 mm. 

 St. O. I male specimen, 665 mm.; i female, 575 mm. 



Spinax spinax (Linn.). 



Etmopterus spinax, Barnard, t.c, p. 49. 

 St. J. 2 male specimens, 330, 335 mm. 



Spinax granulosus, Giinth. 



Etmopterus granulosus, Barnard, t.c, p. 49, pi. ii, fig. S. 

 St. J. 2 male specimens, 345, 370 mm. 



Spinax lucifer (Jordan and Snyder). 

 Etmopterus lucifer, Barnard, t.c, p. 50. 

 St. J. I male specimen, 410 mm. 



TORPEDINIDAE 



Narcobatus nobilianus (Bonap.). 



Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 89. 

 St. ?. 2 female specimens, 440, 500 mm. 



RAJIDAE 

 Raja alba, Lacep. 



Raia marginata, Barnard, 1925, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xxi, p. 65, pi. iv, fig. i. 

 St. ?. I female specimen, 605 mm. (width of disc 465 mm.). 



Raja smithi, Miill. and Henle. 

 Barnard, t.c, p. 66, pi. iv, fig. 4. 

 St. N. I female specimen, 210 mm. (width of disc 150 mm.). 



Raja barnardi, sp.n. 



St. A. I immature male specimen, 375 mm. (width of disc 210 mm.). 

 See description below. 



Raja caudaspinosa, Von Bonde and Swart. 



St. J. 2 young female specimens, 200, 220 mm. (width of disc 100, 105 mm.). 

 St. N. I immature female specimen, 485 mm. (width of disc 270 mm.). 



Raja leopardus, Von Bonde and Swart. 



St. J. I young male specimen, 175 mm. (width of disc 95 mm.); i young female, 135 mm. (width 

 of disc 75 mm.). 



Revision of the South African Species of the Genus Raja 



The difficulty of identifying the specimens of this genus obtained by the S.T. 

 ' Richard Bennet ' led me to suggest to Dr K. H. Barnard of the South African Museum 

 that it might be of interest to revise our knowledge of the South African species of 

 Raja. Several European rays have been recorded from the Cape, but in very few cases 



