FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 375 

 RAJA MIRALETUS Linnacas 



Raja miraletus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, ed. 10, vol. ], p. 231, 1758 (type locality: 

 Mediterranean Sea). — Bonapaete, Icon. Fauna Ital., Pesci, vol. 3, pt. 2, 

 fasc. 3, descr., pi. fig. 2, 1833 (Italy) ; Cat. Metod. Pesci Europei, p. 14, 

 1846 (M(-diteiTanean). — Fowlek, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1910, 

 p. 471 (Bonaparte material). 



Raia miraletus Gaeman, Me-ni. .Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 3-!4, 1913 (oft 

 •southern Europe). — VoxBondi: and Swaet, Marine Biol. Surv. South Africa 

 Rep. pt. 3, 1922, p. 5, l(i24 (compiled).— Baunaed, Ann. South African 

 Mas., vol. 21, pt. 1, p. 68, 1925 (Agulhas Bank, in 36 fathoms; Natal). 



Raia hiocularis Geoffeoy Saint-IJilaiue, Descr. Egypte, Poiss., vol. 1, pi. 24, 

 fig. 2, 1809 (type locality: Egypt). 



Raia percomaculata VonBonde and Swaet, Marine Biol. Surv. South Africa 

 Rep. pt. 3, 1922, p. 9, pi. 21, fig. 2, 1924 (type locality: Station 116, South 

 Africa, in 298 fathoms). 



Snout 1^4 to ll^ in head; orbit 1 to 1^ in interorbital ; mouth 

 width 21^ to 2% in head; teeth 32 to 41 above, 35 to 40 below; in- 

 ternarial 2^3 to 2% in head ; preoral length IYq to IV3 ; interorbital 

 434 to 6. 



Spines before and beliind eyes vary 1 to 3, on back medianly 

 sometimes reduced to 1. In smaller examples median series on tail 

 continuous till close up behind eyes and again additional 1 on each 

 side of back anteriorly. In some cases median series on tail be- 

 come rather reduced in size and inconspicuous in males. Large fe- 

 male with 5 series of large spines on back of tail anteriorly and an- 

 other shows traces of same number. 



First dorsal length 21/2 to 3% in head; front ventral 1% to 2. 



South Africa, Natal. Also in the Atlantic. 



12 examples. A.N.S.P. Italy. C. L. Bonaparte No. 224, also skeleton same 

 data. Length 165 to 421 mm., width 96 to 263 mm. 



RAJA OCELLIFERA Regan 



Raia ocellifera RfxjAN, Ann. Natal Gov. Mus., vol. 1, p. 2, pi. 2 ftype locality: 

 Algoa Bay and Natal coa.st, 40 fathoms), p. 242, 1906 (Bird Island). — 

 Gaeman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 365, 1913 (South Africa). — 

 Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 3, p. 286, 1916 

 (compiled). — Von Bonde and Swaet, Marine Biol. Surv. South Africa Rep. 

 pt. 3, 1922, p. 5, 1924 (compiled).— Baenhabd, Ann. South African Mus., 

 vol. 21, p. 67, 1925 (False Bay to Natal) ; vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 1015, 1927 (note). 



Raja ocellifera Fowleb, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 193 

 (Natal). — NoKMAN, Discovery Rep., vol. 12, p. 42, 1935 (False Bay, Agul- 

 has Bank, off Cape St. Blaize, Algoa Bay; Natal; types). 



Raja capensis (not Gmelin) Mctj.kr and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, 

 p. 151, 1841 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Dumeeil, Hist. Nat. 

 Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. &40, pi. 12, figs. 11-12 (tubercle and spine), 1865 

 (types). — Knee, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 419, 1865 (Cape of Good Hope). 



Raia capensis Von Bonde and Swaet, Marine Biol. Surv. South Africa Rep., 

 pt. 3, 1922, p. 4, 1924 (South Africa, in 14G-160 fathoms). 

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