A CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF JAPAN. 2$ 



Genus Rhina Bloch & Schneider. 



J\JUna Bloch & Schneider, Sy^t. Ichth., 1801, p. 352. 

 Type Rhina aiicylostonnis Bloch & Schneider. 



69. Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider. 



Shinonome-sakata. 

 RJiiiia ancylostoinus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., i8or, p. 352, pi. 



LXXII. Coromandel. 

 I3istrib. — East Indies, north to Japan. 



Family N.41tCi>BATIl>.E. 



Genus Narke Kaup. 

 Narke Kaup, Isis, 1826. 



Astrape Müller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 1838, p. 130. {Raja capensls Gmelin). 

 Type Raja capensis Gmelin. 



70. Narke japonica (Temminck & Schlegel). 



Shibire-ei. 

 Astrape japonica Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1850, p. 



307, pi. CXL. Nagasaki. 

 Distrib. — Southern Japan, not rare. 



Genus Tetronarce Giii. 



Tetronarce Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist, N. Y., 1861, VIII, [). 387. 

 Type Torpedo occidentalis Storer. 



71. Tetronarce tokionis Tanaka. 



Yamato-shibireei. 

 Tetronarce tokionis Tanaka, Journ. Coll. Sei. Tokyo, March 15, 1908, p. 2, 



fig. Tokyo Market. 

 Distrib. — Sagami Sea. 



Family KAJIO.E. 



Genus DiSCObltUS Garman. 



PlatyrJùna Müller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 1838, p. 125. {Rhina si/iensis Bloch 

 & Schneider. The generic name PlatyrJiina preoccupied). 



Discobatns Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, p. 522. 

 Type Rhina sinensis Bloch & Schneider. 



