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Probable Synonym: 



Raia granulata Goode and Bean, Bull. Essex Inst., ll, iSj(): 28; Smithson. Contr. Know!., JJ, 1895: pi. 9, 

 fig. 30; Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 22, 1896: pi. 9, fig. 30 (see discussion, p. 216). 



Doubtful Reference: 



Raia laevis {}) Henshall, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 9, 1891 : 372 (embryos, doubtfully ident.. Stump Pass, SW. 

 Florida); Evermann and Kendall, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1899), 1900: 49 (SW. Florida, by ref to 

 Henshall, 1891). 



Not Raja laevis Gronovius, Zoophyl., J, 1763: 37, no. 158, pi. 9, fig. 3 (equals Narcine brasiliensis Olfers 

 1 831; see p. 112, footnote 129); Valmont, Diet. Hist. Nat., J, 1768: 706 (equals Raja oxyrincha Lin- 

 naeus 1758). 



Not Raia laevis alba Duhamel, Traite Peches, (2) J Sect. 9, 1782 : 284, pi. 1 1 (equals R. talis Linnaeus 1758). 



Not Raia laevis major Duhamel, Traite Peches, (2) J Sect. 9, 1782: 285 (equals R. marginata Lacepede 1803). 



Not Raia laevis Seal, Aquarium, 2 (10), 1914: 105 (probably not R. laevis, because female only 15 in. wide 

 with eggs; perhaps R. ocellata, see p. 251). 



Not Raia stabuliforis von Bonde and Swart, Fish. Mar. biol. Surv. S. Afr., Rep. 3 (1922), Spec. Rep. 5, 1924: 

 12 (a South African form subsequently ref to the synonomy of ^. marginata Lacepede 1803 by Barnard 

 [Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 21 (i), 1925: 65] and to that of the South African representative of ^. batis Lin- 

 naeus 1758 by Norman ['Discovery' Rep., 12, 1935: 39]). 



Not Raia stabuliforis Marini, Physis B. Aires, 9, 1928: 138 (equals R.favirostris Philippi 1892). 



Raja lentiginosa Bigelow and Schroeder 1951 

 Figure 48 a 



Study Material. Male, 402 mm in total length, and female, 302 mm, from Lat. 

 22°32' N, Long. 88°47' W, 29 fathoms, Oregon St. 222; male, 323 mm, from Lat. 

 28°io'N, Long. 85°oo' W, 85 fathoms, Oregon St. 256; a male and two females, 

 151-234 mm, from Lat. 2 8°4i' N, Long. 86°03' W, 165 fathoms, Oregon St. 257; 

 a male, 395 mm, from Lat. 2 8°49' N, Long. 85°45' W, 1 12 fathoms, Oregon St. 278 ; 

 a male, 415 mm, from Lat. 29°! i' N, Long. 86°52' W, 305 fathoms, Oregon St. 279; 

 and a female, 375 mm, from Lat. i(fl']' N, Long. 87°26'W, 104 fathoms, Oregon 

 St. 318; and a male and two females, 330-402 mm, from Lat. 27°5o' N, Long. 

 91°! I ' W, 205 fathoms, Oregon St. 500; all in the collections of the U. S. National 

 Museum and the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Distinctive Characters. Raja lentiginosa closely resembles R. garmani, but it may 

 be distinguished from the latter by the color pattern of its upper surface, which is densely 

 freckled with small dark, light brown and whitish spots (sparse in garmani and grouped 

 mostly in a distinct rosette pattern). 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of total length. Male, 402 mm 

 (U. S. Nat. Mus., type, No. 153552), and female, 302 mm (Harv. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 No. 37188), from Lat. 22°32' N, Long. 88°47' W, 29 fathoms. 

 Disc: extreme breadth 60.0, 52.3; length 46.5, 44.3. 

 Snout length: in front of orbits 9.2, 9.7; in front of mouth 1 1.2, 10.3. 

 Orbits: horizontal diameter 4.2, 4.7; distance between 2.9, 2.8. 

 Spiracles: length 2.1, 2.5; distance between 6.2, 6.3. 

 Mouth: breadth 6.^, 7.2. 



