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Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., ^7 (4), igoo: pi. 13, figs. 35, 35a (ills.); Schreiner and 

 Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 12, 1903: 81 (listed, S. Salvador de Bahia, Brazil); Werner, Zool. 

 Jb., Syst. Abt. 21, 1904: 296 (listed, Jamaica); Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., l^, 1907: 180, 208, 

 pi. 17 (diagn., refs., photo, Rio de Janeiro to Pensacola, Florida); Aller, Science, N. S. J7, 1910: 712 

 (listed, C. Lookout, N. Carolina); Coles, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 28, 1910: 337 (habits, electric 

 shocks, nos., 1909, 1 9 10; C. Lookout, N. Carolina); Eigenmann, Rep. Princeton Exped. Patagonia, j 

 (4), 1910: 377 (entering rivers); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 62, 1910: 473 (listed, Key West, 

 Florida); Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., ^o, 191 1: 231, pis. 10, 11 (colors, sizes, photos, em- 

 bryos and adult; Long Key, Florida); Coles, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., J2, 1913: 33 (abundance, 

 season, no. embryos; C. Lookout, N. Carolina); Engelhardt, Abh. bayer. Akad. Wiss., Suppl. 4. (3), 

 1913: loi (range); Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., j6, 1913: 297, pi. 26, fig. i (descr., 

 ill., Brazil); Gudger, J. Elisha Mitchell sci. Soc, 28, 191 3: 157, 158 (stom. contents, nos., C. Lookout, 

 N. Carolina); Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 26, 1913: 99 (nos., C. Lookout, N. Carolina); Coles, Proc. biol. 

 Soc. Wash., 2<5, 191 5: 93 (season, C. Lookout, N. Carolina); Copeia, 32, 1916: 46 (doubts taxonomic 

 value of color); Ribeiro, Rev. Mus. paul., JO, 1918: 708 (listed, Santos, Ilha San Sebastiao and Uba- 

 tuba, Brazil); Lahille, Physis B. Aires, 5, 1921: 63 (listed, Argentina); Fowler, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 

 j6, 1923: 28 (listed, Key West, Florida); Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ. Zool., 75 (i), 1923: 

 73, pi. 3 (descr., color, ill., Col6n); Ribeiro, Fauna brasil., Peixes, 2 (i) Fasc. i, 1923: 37, pi. 18 (diagn., 

 cf. Narcine brach'sfleura Ribeiro, n. sp., photo, Pensacola, Florida to Rio de Janeiro); Borodin, Bull. 

 Vandcrbilt Oceanogr. (Mar.) Mus., I (i), 1928: 5 (listed, no local.); Lahille, An. Mus. nac. B. Aires, 

 24, 1928: 338, text fig. 27 (meas., discuss., ill., Bahia Samborombon and Isla Verde, Bahia Blanca, 

 Argentina); Breder, Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1929: 33 (genl.); Jordan, Manual Vert. Anim. 

 NE U. S., 1929: 17 (genl.); Luderwaldt, Rev. Mus. paul., 16, 1929: 40 (listed, Ilha Sao Sebastiao, 

 Brazil); Jordan, Evermann and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 27 (listed, Brazil to 

 Key West and N. Carolina); Gowanloch, Bull. La. Conserv. Dep., 21, 1932: 86 (included in Gulf 

 Mexico fish fauna); Bull. La. Conserv. Dep., 23, 1933: 239 (ill. after Meek and Hildebrand, 1923; 

 listed, Louisiana); Beltran, List. Feces Mexicanos, 1934: 12 (listed, Mexico; not seen); Pozzi and Bor- 

 odale. An. Soc. cient. argent., 120, 1935: 154 (listed, Argentina, Lat. 39°3o' S); Bere, Amer. Midi. Nat., 

 Ij, 1936: 582 (copepod parasites. Lemon Bay, W.Florida); Smith, H. W., Biol. Rev. (Cambridge), 

 II, 1936: 65 (in fresh water by ref. to Eigenmann, 1909); Breder and Springer, Zoologica N. Y., 2^, 

 1940: 431 (electric discharges, sex ratios of embryos. Palmetto Key and Punta Gorda, Florida); Dels- 

 man, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg., (2) Fasc. 21, 1941 : 65 (depth, Venezuela); Fowler, Proc. Acad, 

 nat. Sci. Philad., 95, 1941 : 82 (listed, Sanibel, Florida); Hildebrand, Copeia, 1941 : 222 (listed, C. 

 Lookout, N. Carolina); Rohl, Fauna Descript. Venezuela, 1942: 370 (listed, Venezuela; not seen); Cox 

 and Breder, Zoologica N. Y., 28, 1943: 45 (meas. adults, embryo, color pattern, electric organs, meas. 

 of discharges by oscillograph; Palmetto Key, Florida); Fowler, Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 6, 1944: 

 456 (listed, Jamaica; Panama); Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 7, 1945: 98, 160, 264, 371 (listed, 

 Southport, N. Carolina; Charleston, S. Carolina; Boca Chica and Key West, Florida; Texas); Gunter, 

 Publ. Inst. mar. Sci. Texas, J, 1945 : 21 (colors of young, temp., salinities, season; Laguna Madre, Texas, 

 and Gulf of Mexico off Aransas Bay); Schultz, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., gg, 1949: 33 (listed, Venezuela). 



Torpedo bancrofti Griffith, in Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., 10, 1834: pi. 34 (colored ill., no local.). 



Torpedo pictus Gray, Cat. Fish. Coll. and Descr. by L. T. Gronow, in Brit. Mus., 1854: 13 (diagn., Antilles). 



Narcine brasiliensis var. punctatus Garman, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 8, 1881: 233 (color, cf. N. brasi- 

 liensis; St. Vincent, W. Indies). 



Narcine brasiliensis var. corallina Garman, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 8, 1881: 234 (color. Key West, 

 Florida); Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., j6, 1913: 298, pi. 26, fig. 3 (color, ill., Florida Keys). 



Narcine corallina Jordan, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 7, 1884: 105 (var. corallina Garman 1881, recognized as 

 variety of species). 



Narcine umbrosa Jordan, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 7, 1884: 105 (descr.. Key West, Florida, based on dark-blotched 

 specimens). 



Narcine, no spec, name. Coles, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., J2, 1913: 33 (embryos). 



Narcine brasiliensis var. bancrojti Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., j6, 191 3 : 298, pi. 26, fig. 3 (color, 

 ill., Jamaica to St. Vincent). 



Narcine brasiliensis corallina Radcliffe, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., J^, 1916: 270 (descr., ill. teeth, rep. by Jenkins, 



