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NE U. S., 1929: 16 (diagn.); Truitt, Bean and Fowler, Bull. Md. Conserv. Dep., 3, 1929: 30 (descr., 

 ill., Atlant. Coast Maryland, Chesapeake Bay); Bere, Contr. Canad. Biol., N. S. 5, 1930: 426 (copepod 

 parasites, Passamaquoddy Bay); Chaisson, Contr. Canad. Biol., N. S. 5, 1930: 477 (effects of fresh water, 

 Passamaquoddy Bay); Jordan, Evermann and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 25 (com- 

 mon names, listed, Virginia to Maine); Lutz, Amer. J. Physiol., g4, 1930: 136 (effects of adrenalin 

 on auricle); Marshall, Amer. J. Physiol., 9./, 1930: 7 (excretion); Huntsman, Contr. Canad. BioL, 7 (4), 

 1931 : (4) 34 (heart physiol.); Lutz, Biol. Bull. Woods Hole, 61, 1931 : 94 (nerves, action of adrenalin); 

 Smith, Amer. J. Physiol., g8, 1931: 285 (ref. to Marshall, 1930); Breder, Copeia, 1932: 31 (Block 

 Island); NichoUs, Contr. Canad. Biol., N. S. 7, 1933: 449 (gastric mobility); Contr. Canad. Biol., N. S. 

 8, 1933: 139 (temp, effects); Bigelow and Schroeder, Canad. Atlant. Fauna, I2e, 1934: 21 (descr., 

 ill., range); Daniel, Elasmobranch Fishes, 1934: 9 (external form); Parker, Annu. Rep. Woods Hole 

 oceanogr. Inst. (1933), 1934: 27 (color changes); Gudger, J. Morph., =)J, 1935 : 99 (maxillary respiratory 

 curtains, by ref to Rand, 1907); Vladykov and McKenzie, Proc. N. S. Inst. Sci., jp, 1935: 50, 51 

 (diagn., ill.. Nova Scotia); Bigelow and Schroeder, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., ^5, 1936: 324 (in Key); Smith, 

 Biol. Rev., II, 1936: 52, 62, 67 (osmotic pressure); Vladykov, Nat. canad., 6j [(3) 7], 1936: 213 (descr., 

 ill., egg case); Breder and Nichols, Copeia, 1937: 182 (meas. egg case); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. 

 Philad. (1937), 8g, 1938: 304 (New Jersey); Breder, Bull. N. Y. zool. Soc, 41, 1938: 28 (season, New 

 York Harbor); Merriman and Warfel, Trans. 9th N. Amer. Wildl. Conf., 1944: 234 (nos. Long Island 

 Sound); Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., II (3), 1948: 134, 148, 155, 157 (common names, sizes, nos., 

 season, off Connecticut and Rhode Island). 



Raia^'^^ eglanteria (in part) DeKay, Zool. N. Y., 4, 1842: 373 {R. eglantiera Lesueur 1824 included, equals 

 R. erinacea Mitchill 181 5); Storer, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., N. S. 2, 1846: 512 (R. eglantiera 

 Lesueur 1824 included, equals R. erinacea Mitchill 181 5); Gill, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. (1861), 

 Addend., 1862: 61 {R. eglantiera Lesueur 1824 included, equals R. erinacea Mitchill 181 5); Dumeril, 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., j, 1865: 532 (R. erinacea Mitchill 181 5 included, also R. eglantiera Lesueur 1824, 

 equals R. erinacea Mitchill 181 5); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 8, 1870: 462 {R. erinacea Mitchill 

 1 81 5 included). 



Common Skate, Wilson, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 158, 1932: 403 (copepod parasite, Woods Hole). 



Summer Skate, Wilson, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 158, 1932: 412 (copepod parasite. Woods Hole). 



Probable Synonyms: 



Raia diaphanes (in part) Storer, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., N. S. 9, 1867: 240, pi. 39, fig. i; Fishes Mass., 



1867: 264, pi. 39, fig. I {R. erinacea probably included). 

 Not Raja eglanteria Bosc 1802, in Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 4° Ed., in Buffon, Hist. Nat., 2, 1802: 104, 



log, pi. 4, fig. 2. 

 Not Raja diaphanes Mitchill, Trans. Lit. philos. Soc. N. Y., J, 181 5: 478 (equals R. eglanteria Bosc 1802; 



see p. 176). 

 Not Raia diaphanes DeKay, Zool. N. Y., 4, 1842: 366, pi. 67, fig. 218 (equals R. ocellata Mitchill 181 5: see 



p. 251). 

 Not Raja erinacea Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 14, 1907-. 176, pi. 13 (a Psammobatis, renamed extenta 



by Garman [Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., j6, 1913: 356], SE coast S. Amer.). 



ADDENDUM TO RAJA ERINACEA 

 By 



Daniel Merriman, Yngve H. Olsen, Sarah B. Wheatland and 



Louva H. Calhoun 



Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory^ Tale University 



At the time this volume went to press we were conducting an intensive study of 

 Raja erinacea. Since the results of our work were not sufficiently advanced for full 



149. Also spelled Kaja. 



