Fishes of the IVestern North Atlantic 361 



Synonyms and References:"* 



Raja centroura Mitchill, Trans. Lit. philos. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815: 479 (descr., size, Long Island, New York). 



Trygon, no specific name, Storer, Rep. Fish. Rapt. Birds Mass., 1839: 200 (nos., south. Mass., ident. probable 

 from local.). 



Pastinaca hastata DeKay, Zool. N.Y., 4, 1842: 473, pi. 65, fig. 214 (descr., ill., Rhode Island); Ayres, Boston 

 J. nat. Hist., 4, 1843: 289 (nos., size, no. tail spines, season. Long Island, New York); Storer, Mem. 

 Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., (2) 9, 1867: 244, pi. 39, fig. 3; also. Fishes Mass., 1867: 269, pi. 39, fig. 3 (descr., 

 size, season, nos., ill., C. Cod and south. Mass.); Baird, Fishes N.Jersey, Rep. Smithson. Instn. (1854), 

 1855". 337 (follows p. 352) (nos., danger to fishermen, New Jersey). 



Pastinaca centroura DeKay, Zool. N.Y., 4, 1842; 373, note (doubts if it equals P. hastata DeKay). 



Trigon centroura Linsley, Amer. J. Sci., 4-/, 1844: 78 (size, tail spines, nos.. Conn.). 



Trygon hastata Storer, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., N. S. 2, 1846: 513 (diagn., Rhode Island, Conn.); Proc. 

 Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 2, 1848: 170 (Marthas Vineyard); Gill, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., Addend., 

 1 86 1 : 62 (listed Atlant. Coast N. Amer.); Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 8, 1870: 476 (descr. by ref. 

 to DeKay, 1842; New York). 



Trygon centrura^'^ Baird, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1871-1872), 1873: 826 (listed. Woods Hole) ; Verrill and 

 Smith, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1871-1872), 1873: 521 (food, season. Woods Hole); Smith, Rep. 

 U.S. Comm. Fish. (1871-1872), 1873: 812 (copepod parasites, Vineyard Sound); Rathbun, Proc. 

 U. S. nat. Mus., 7, 1885: 487 (copepod parasites, Vineyard Sound); Jordan, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. 

 (1885), 1887: 800 (listed, N. Atlant., U. S.); Engelhardt, Abh. bayer. Akad. Wiss., Suppl. ^ (3), 1913: 

 104 (range); Norman and Fraser, Giant Fishes, 1937: 72, fig. 29A (ill., Atlant. Coast N. Amer.). 



Dasybatis centrums^'' Bean, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 3, 1880: 114 (listed, no local.); Linton, Proc. U. S. nat. 

 Mus., 64 (21), 1924: 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, II, 23, 25, 29, 30, 43, 64, 77, 83, 84, 89, 98 (cestode parasites. 

 Woods Hole); Breder, Copeia, 166, 1928: 6 (size, weight, season, near New York). 



Dasyatis centrurus^* Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 16, 1883: 47 (diagn., color, size, C. Cod to 

 Florida, but may include other species as well); Smith, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 12, 1894: 368 (size, 

 nos., danger to fishermen, season. New Jersey); Bean, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 9, 1897: 331 (season, 

 nos., Gravesend Bay); Linton, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 20, 1897: 424, 439, 440, 442, 443, 444, 446, 

 448, 452 (cestode parasites. Woods Hole); Smith, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., J7, 1898: 90 (nos., season, 

 danger to fishermen. Woods Hole); Linton, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ig, 1901 : 275 (cestode parasites. 

 Woods Hole), 432 (stom. contents, nematode parasites. Woods Hole); Bean, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus., 60, 

 Zool. 9, 1903: 53 (descr., nos., danger to fishermen, near New York); Wilson, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 

 28, 1905: 573, 621 (copepod parasites. Vineyard Sound); Tracy, Rep. R.I. Comm. inl. Fish., 1906: 

 48 (nos., season, Rhode Island); Smith, N. C. geol. econ. Surv., 2, 1907: 44 (descr., diet, but no N. 

 Carolina record); Sullivan, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 27, 1907: 13, 21 (physiol.); Fowler, Rep. N.J. Mus. 

 (1907), 1908: 131 (size, nos.. New Jersey); Kendall, Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 7 (8), 1908: 

 14 (New England locals.); Fowler, Rep. N.J. Mus. (1908), igio: 353 (New Jersey); Proc. Acad. nat. 

 Sci. Philad., 62, 1910: 473 (young reported, no local.); Tracy, Rep. R. I. Comm. inl. Fish., 1910: 63 

 (size, Rhode Island); Halkett, Check List Fish. Canad., 1913: 43 (listed, Hatteras to Maine); Nichols, 

 Abstr. Linn. Soc. N. Y., 20-23, 1913: 92 (listed, near New York); Sumner, Osburn and Cole, Bull. 

 U.S. Bur. Fish., jr (2), 191 3: 739 (nos., season, food, parasites. Woods Hole); Fowler, Copeia, 31, 

 1916: 41 (depth. New Jersey); Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., JJ, 1920: 146 (New Jersey) ; Townsend, 25th 

 Annu. Rep. N.Y. Zool. Soc. (1920), 1921 : 126 (listed New York Bay); Townsend and Nichols, Copeia, 

 91, 1921 : 10 (season, New York); Latham, Copeia, 99, 1921 : 72 (nos., season. Long Island, New York); 

 Fowler, Copeia, 156, 1926: 146 (size. New Jersey); Nichols and Breder, Zoologica N.Y., 9, 1927: 

 26 (season, nos., food. New York and south. New England); Hildebrand and Schroeder, Bull. U.S. 

 Bur. Fish., 42 (i), 1928: 64 (descr., Chesapeake Bay by ref. to Uhler and Lugger, 1876); Breder, Field 

 Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1929: 34 (genl.); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 80, 1929: 608 

 (size, weight, nos., season. New Jersey); Jordan, Manual Vert. Anim. NE U.S., 1929: 18 (diagn.); 



95. For synonyms and references for D. aspera (Cuvier) 1S17 of the eastern Adantic, see especially Doderlein (Man. 

 Ittiol. Medit., 2, 1S81 : 228, as Trygon thalassia), Rey (Fauna Iberica, Feces, i, 1928: 626), and Fowler (BuU. Amer. 

 Mus. nat. Hist., 70 [i], 1936: 126, as Dasyatis centroura). 



96. Somedmes spelled centroura, centrourus, or centrums. 



97. Sometimes spelled centrura. 98. Also spelled centrourus and centroura. 



