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Figure 59a. Raja teevani, male, 558 mm long, from offing of Pensacola, Florida, Lat. 29°! i' N, Long. 86°52' W 

 (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 153557, type). J Upper teeth, about 6x. B Margin of left nasal curtain, about 2.5 X. 

 C Posterior part of tail, about i X • -O Mouth and nostrils, about i X ■ 



dorsal, the thorns somewhat more closely spaced and larger rearward than near row's 

 origin ; on tail, minute prickles from about tips of pelvics nearly to tip ; dorsals and caudal 

 with a few minute prickles. Lower surface with a band of prickles along anterior margins 

 of disc from a little posterior to level of mouth to tip of snout, and also along anterior 

 half of rostral cartilage. 



