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Figure 33. Raja eglanteria. A Female, 640 mm long, and B Male, 568 mm long, both from Charleston, South 

 Carolina (Harv. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Nos. 122 and 81). 



southward than present records indicate, its color pattern of many small dark spots 

 and bars without ocellar spots would serve to separate it from both R. ackleyi and 

 R. texana. 



R. eglanteria is not closely paralleled in shape of disc, distribution of thorns, and 

 color pattern by any Skate so far known from the eastern North Atlantic, South Atlantic, 

 or Pacific coasts of America. 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of total length. Male, 704 mm, 

 and female, 745 mm, from Massachusetts (Harv. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Nos. 36233 and 

 36234, respectively). 



