422 SYNOPSIS. 



a point, and armed towards the base with a long, sharp, ser- 

 rated spine. 



Sp. 245. T. pastinacea. Sting Ray. Body rounded, the 

 broadest part of the pectorals somewhat angular ; snout 

 sharp, but scarcely projecting ; colour of the surface dirty 

 yellow, tinged with blue in the middle, under side white ; 

 tail and spine dusky. — Cuv. Reg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., 

 ii. 588. Raia pastinacea, Lirm., Penn. Brit. ZooL, iii. 

 p. 125 ; Bon. Brit. Fish., pi. 99. 

 Gen. CXX. Myliobatis. Tail very long and slender , hav- 

 ing a small dorsal near the base, and armed with one oi more 

 serrated spines ; head projecting beyond the pectorak and 

 partly disengaged from them, the front obtuse. 



Sp. 246. M. aquila. Eagle Ray. Pectoral fins wing like, 

 subtriangular ; head depressed, vertex nearly square j tail 

 once and a half as long as the body ; colour of the suifaee 

 uniform olive-green, smooth ; ventral surface whitish. — 

 Cuv. Reg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 591. Raia aquila, 

 Linn. White Ray, Perm. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 128. 

 Gen. CXXI. Cephaloptera. Body depressed, head trun- 

 cated in front, and having a membrane on each side projecting 

 like a horn ; tail very long, with a fin, and armed with a ser- 

 rated spine. 



Sp. 247. C. Gicyrna. Homed Ray. Body smooth, of an in- 

 digo-blue colour above, dingy white beneath ; margins of 

 the fins straight ; horns of one colour ; flagelliform tail 

 smooth for one-fourth of its length, then tuberculated ; 

 serrated spine very long. — Risso., Iclith., p. 14 ; Cuv. Beg. 

 An. ; Yarr. Brit. Fish, ii. 595. 

 Fam. XXX. PetromyzidcB. Fam. of Lamiweys. Body elon- 

 gated and cylindrical, the skeleton soft and almost mucilaginous ; 

 mouth circular, placed beneath the head and opening by a longi- 

 tudinal fissure ; brainchice pu/rse-shaped, fixed, opening by several 

 apertures; no pectorals or ventrals. 



Gen. CXXII, Petromvzon. Each side of the neck with 

 seven branchial openings ; lip circular ; the inside of the mouth 

 furnished with tooth-like tubercles : a loose fold of the skin on 



