46 Skates 



SMOOTH-TAILED, ROSETTED, OTHER SKATES 



I. No thorn-like spines on rear third or quarter of upper 

 surface of tail 

 Page 47, fig. A 



See Smooth-tailed Skate, p. 263. 



II. One or more rows of thorn-like spines on entire upper 

 surface of tail 

 Page 47, figs. C-E 



Ila. Conspicuous dark rosettes on upper surface of 

 body 

 Page 47, figs. B, C 



See Rosetted Skate, p. 260. 



lib. No conspicuous dark rosettes on upper surface of 

 body (dots and blotches may be present) 

 Page 47, figs. D, E 



See Thorny, Clear-nosed, Little, Big Skates, p. 48. 



