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form rhomboidal disk, front edges nearly straight or only slightly 

 undulate, outer angles rounded, hind ones broadly rounded; ventrals 

 deeply notched. 



Smoky black above. Black mottled with white below. Length, 

 263 mm. (Alcock.) 



India. 



RAJA LEMPRIERI Richardson 



Raia lemprieri Richabdson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 34, pi. 23, 1846 

 (type locality: Port Arthur, Van Diemens Land). — Dum^bil, Hist. Nat. 

 Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 552, 1865 (compiled). — Ogilby, Cat. Fishes Australian 

 Mus., pt. 1, p. 17, 1888 (Hobart, Tasmania). — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 36, p. 364, 1913 (compiled). 



Raja lemprieri Gray, List fish British Museum, p. 112, 1851 (reference). — 

 GtJNTHEB, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 463, 1870 (compiled). — 

 CA8TEi,NATr, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, p. 224, 1872 (Victoria) ; 

 Rec. London Internat. Exhib., pt. 7, No. 5, p. 17, 1873 (Victoria).— Klun- 

 ziNGEB, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. CI., vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 428, 

 1880 (Murray River). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 

 p. 311, 1880 (Tasmania; Port Phillip). — Luoas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 

 new ser., vol. 2, p. 45, 1890 (Victoria). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., 

 vol. 2, p. 29, fig. 42, 1921.— FowLEK, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., 

 Java, p. 500, 1930 (reference). 



Raya lemprieri Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 7, 1873 

 (Hobsons Bay). 



Raja lamprieri Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 375, 1881 

 (Tasmania; Port Phillip). 



Raia acutidens Owen, Cat. Osteol. Roy. Coll. Surg., vol. 1, p. 106, 1853 (type 

 locality: South Australia). — Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, p. 234, 

 1932 (reference). 



Raia parvidens Owen, Cat. Osteol. Roy. Coll. Surg., vol. 1, p. 106, 1853 (type lo- 

 cality: South Australia). — Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, p. 234, 

 1932 (reference). 



Raia molaridens Owen, Cat. Osteol. Roy. Coll. Surg., vol. 1, p. 106, p. 107, 1853, 

 (type locality: South Australia). — Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, 

 p. 234, 1932 (reference). 



Raia dentata Klttnzingeb, Arch. Naturg., vol. 38, p. 46, 1872 (type locality: Port 

 Philip, Australia). 



Raja dentata Klunzinger, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. CI., vol. 80, 

 pt. 1, p. 429, 1880 (Port Phillip).— Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 9, p. 63, 1884 (Port Phillip).— Lucas, Proc. Roy, Soc. Victoria, 

 new ser., vol. 2, p. 46, 1890 (reference). 



Raja australis Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 1883, p. 461, 

 1884 [(type locality: Off Botany Bay, in 40 to 55 fathoms). ("Dove")] ; 

 vol. 9, p. 63, 1884 (outside Port Jackson, 50 fathoms). — Waite, Mem. Aus- 

 tralian Mus., vol. 4, p. 40, pi. 4, 1899 (New South Wales). — McCulloch, 

 Zool. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, p. 10, 1911 (Shoalhaven Bight, New South 

 Wales) ; Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 11, pi. 3, fig. 35a, 1927.— McCul- 

 loch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 129, 1925 (ref- 

 erence).— Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 500, 19S0 

 (reference). 



Raia australis Ogilby, Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 18, 1888 (type: 

 Port Jackson) ; Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 86, 1916 (Cape Moreton). 



