Jordan and Rvermann. — Fishes of North America. 



98. RAJA EGLANTERIA, Bosc. 



Prickles comparatively small and very sharp, most numerous on the an- 

 terior portion of the pectoral, over the head, on the snout, on the middle 

 of the back, and on the tail between the rows of larger ones; enlarged 

 spines present around the eyes and spiracles, on the middle of the snout, 

 in a median row along the back, and in 2 rows along each side of the 

 tail; these spines very sharp; larger and smaller ones alternating in the 

 rows ; a large spine in the middle of each shoulder; a spine between the 

 caudal fins. Color brown, with bands, bars, lines, blotches, and spots of 

 darker color in the middle of the pectoral ; a translucent space on each 

 side of snout. (Gainian.) L. about 2 feet. Cape Cod southward to 

 Florida; not very common, (eglantina, the briar rose.) 



Raia eghmleria (Bosc), LAcfcpi5i)F,, Hist. Nat. des Poiss., ii, 103, 1800, Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina ; Garman, I. c, 179, 1881 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 41, 1883. 

 Raia diaphann, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soo. I, 1815, 478, New York. 

 RaiadesmarestiayliESvT.VR, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliiki., iv, 100, 1824, Florida. 

 Raia chantenay, Le Sueur, h c, 106, 1824, Delaware Bay. 



99. RAJA SENT A, Garman. 



Form of i2. eglanteria. Snout projecting, its tip acute and flexible; inter- 

 orbital space concave, 3f in snout; mouth little curved, i preoral part 

 of snout; eyes and spiracles small; teeth in 36 to 40 rows. Tail slender, 

 tapering. Entire upper surface covered with very small, close-set spines, 

 each slender, acute, strongly hooked backward over a broad stellate base; 

 vertebral line with a series of large spines with smaller interspersed ; 2 or 

 3 large, hooked spines before each eye ; a few moderate spines on snout and 

 back of head. Olivaceous, clouded with darker, a whitish spot sometimes 

 on middle of back, and a pale bar on back of tail. (Garman.) Banks of 

 Newfoundland to Cape Cod, in deep water, {sentis, briar.) 



RajaseiUa, Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 43, Cape Cod Bay; Le Have Bank. (Type, 

 No. 21004 and 24309.) 



100. RAJA LJ;TIS,* (Mitchill). 

 (Barndoor Skate.) 



Angles of the disk more acute than in any of the others; muzzle much 

 produced, somewhat shovel-shaped at tip. Spines of the body very few 

 and small; some present above the eyes and spiracles, on the snout, along 

 the anterior border of the pectorals, and on the back; those on the back 

 very small; a median dorsal row of larger hooked spines extending along 

 the median line of the posterior portion of the back and the tail; usually 

 2 lateral rows on the tail. Female rougher, as usual among rays. 

 Color variable, brownish, with paler spots, which are usually ringed with 

 darker. The largest of our Atlantic species, reaching a length of 4 feet. 

 New England to Florida; not uncommon northward. (Icevis, smooth.) 



*Raja gramtlala, Gill. Allied to /?. tern. Back and ventrals surface covered with minuto sharp 

 granular ossifications. Teeth in about 30 rows; claspers slender and scarcely expanded. Slato 

 color, the ventrals with reticulate markings. (Gill.) Banksof Newfoundland; adoubtful species, 

 imperfectly described, apparently not different from 7^ Ixvis. {granuhitus, granular.) 



