1 6 2 Memoir Sears Foundatio?2 for Marine Research 



Figure 3 1 . Raja bathyphila. A Immature male, about 328 mm long, from off southern Nova Scotia, Lat. 4i°29'N, 

 Long. 65°36' W, 1,188 fathoms (U. S.Nat. Mus., No. 148276). B Newly hatched male, about 117 mm long, 

 from ofFNew Jersey, Lat. 39°37' N, Long. 7i°o8' W, 835 fathoms (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 148269). 



Gill openings: lengths, ist i.i, 1.3; 3rd 1.2, 1.5; 5th 1.2, 1.3; distance between 

 inner ends, ist 12.8, 13.2; 5th 8.2, 8.4. 



