Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 



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Figure 49. Raja lintea, male, 970 mm long, from Iceland (British Museum [Natural History]). A Side view 

 of posterior part of tail of same, about 0.5 X . B Upper teeth of same from near center of jaw, about 5.5 X. 

 C Upper teeth of female, 1,050 mm (British Museum [Natural History]). 



less so in female; anterior margins of pectorals in adult male deeply concave just posterior 

 to snout and again at level of spiracles, but only weakly incurved posterior to level of 

 spiracles in adult females; otherwise nearly straight; outer and posterior corners broadly 

 rounded, the latter continuously so to axils of pectorals; posterior margins nearly straight 

 or weakly convex. Axis of greatest breadth about 70 «/o of distance rearward from tip 

 of snout toward level of axils of pectorals. Tail with narrow lateral folds along posterior 



