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Skin smooth. 



Dorsals small, imier angles obtuse, origin of first above ventral end, 

 base end slightly behind ventral base; second dorsal origin slightly 

 behind depressed ventral ends ; tail 31^ in total, small, weak, low fold 

 each side, hind caudal edge convex ; pectorals form subcircular disk, 

 length ll^ its width. 



Nearly burnt umber above, everywhere with small, irregular, light 

 or pale broken vermiculating lines, some circles, others dots, hooks, 

 bars or blotches and smaller, more numerous, and crowded along disk 

 edges, especially forward. Below whitish, disk edges, ventrals, and 

 tail below mottled with dull umber and whitish. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Cape of Good 

 Hope ?, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Beluchistan, India. Also 

 in the Atlantic. 



Torpedo zugmayeH js evidently a synonym, having been separated 

 only on minor differences. It is noticed as follows : 



Snout tip to vent 190 mm. ; distance between outer eye edges equals 

 that of eye from body edge. Spiracle each with very short fringe, 

 width in space between spiracles 1% and equals space from hind 

 spiracle edge to eyes. Second dorsal % of first dorsal ; caudal with 

 robust lateral keels; disk width equals distance from mouth to ends 

 of ventrals ; vent to tail tip 140 mm. 



Above clear brown, marbled with blackish, below yellowish white 

 with brownish blotched edges. Length, 330 mm. 



4322. D. 5220. San Andreas Island (W.), S. 57° W., 8.50 miles (13° 38' N., 

 121° 58' E.). April 24, 1908. In 50 fathoms. Edges of spiracle entire. 

 Length, 105 mm. Back warm brownish. Many large, darker brown 

 blotches, several large as combined eye and spiracle, others variously small 

 though most close set on middle of back and tail. Dorsals and caudal brown- 

 ish. Under surface whitish, pectoral margins broadly posteriorly and most 

 of lower surfaces of ventrals dull umber brown. 



1 example, A.N.S.P. Tugela River mouth, in 60 fathoms. Natal. H. W. Bell 

 Marley. Length, 210 mm. 



TORPEDO SINUS PERSICI Olfers 



Torpedo sinus persici Olfees, Torpedo, pp. 15, 17, 1831 (on Kampfer). — Henle, 

 Uber Narcine, p. 31, 1834. — Dum:£ril, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 4, p. 239, 

 1852 (Red Sea) ; Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 509, 1865 (Red Sea) — 

 Klunzingeb, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, p. 677, 1871 (Koseir, Red 

 Sea). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 3, pi. 1, 1891 (Madagas- 

 car). — Bamber, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 31, Zool., p. 38, 1915 (Su- 

 danese Red Sea). — Fowleh, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 30, No. 4. 

 p. 2, 1926 (Bombay) ; vol. 33, No. 1, p. 101, 1928 (Bombay). 



Narcacion sinus persici Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 309, 1913 

 (South Africa ?, Persian Gulf). 



Raja torpedo (not Linnaeus) Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1504, 1789 

 (on Kampfer). 



Torpedo smithii GiJNTHEai, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 451, 1870 (type 

 locality: South Africa). 



