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Plate 9. Holding up a monkfish or angel shark 

 is Rowland Babbitt of Point Judith, R.I. The 

 angel shark is very common off the British 

 Isles and is an occasional visitor to New England 

 waters. 



Plate 10. The barn door skate is the largest 

 of the species found in New England waters, 

 sometimes reaching lengths of five or six feet, 

 and weighing around 35 pounds. It is also 

 known as the winter or peck-nosed skate. 



Plate 11. The topside of a stingray is mottled brown to blend in with the bottom. The stingray has a 

 habit of lying partially submerged in the mud at the bottom of shallow tidal bays and estuaries. Bathers 

 are apt to step on such a stingray without seeing him and receive a painful wound. 



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