DISTRIBUTION AND GENERAL NOTES ON THE SPECIES 



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R. flavirostris was taken in the ' Trawl + accessory nets' at twenty-four stations as shown below. 

 None was captured with ' Other gear ' : 



WS77 



WSyg 



WS9S 



WS214 



WS217 



WS233 



WS236 



WS245 



WS763 



WS76S 



WS789 



WS790A 



WS790B 



WS791B 



WS792B 



WS793 



WS796B 



WS797C 



WS810 



WS815 



WS816 



WS817B 



WS834 



WS857 



I 



8 

 I 



3 

 I 



I 



2 



I 



Of the twenty-eight individuals which were sexed, there were fifteen males and thirteen females; 

 sex ratio 53 "5% <S'S- 



Fig. 8. Distribution of Raja flavirostris. First survey: triangles; second survey: squares; third survey: 



circles; negative observations left blank. 



Raja doello-juradoi Pozzi. Our captures of this species were most frequent in the southern region, 

 and it was there that the only rich haul (of fifty-two specimens) was obtained, but isolated captures 

 were recorded far to the northward all along the edge of the shelf. It is a deep-water species found 



