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smaller and larger spots; dorsals and caudal stained black, except 

 hind free edges, which brown; lower surface unmarked and with 

 ordinary pale yellow color. Length, 247 mm. (Von Bonde and 

 Swart.) Natal. 



RAJA NITIDA GSnther 



Raja nitida Gunther, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, pt. 6, p. 27, pi. 14, fig. a, 1880 

 (type locality: Off Twofold Bay, New South Wales, in 120 fathoms).— 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 9, p. 63, 1884 (Twofold 

 Bay, in 120 fathoms). — McCulloch, Zool. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, p. 10, 

 fig. 3 (mouth), 1911 (Bass Straits and Victoria) ; Fishes of New South 

 Wales, ed. 2, p. 11, 1927.— Fowlek, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., 

 Java, p. 500, 1930 (reference). 



Raia nitida Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 363, 1913 (compiled). 



Head to spiracle 5% in total length; disk length IVio in its width, 

 tail about ll^ in disk length. Snout II/3 in head to spiracle, tip very 

 thin median papillary projection, forms broadly obtuse angle; eye 

 314 in head, 21^ in snout, 1% in interorbital ; teeth with very small 

 points, nearly obtuse ; internarial between outer nostril edges less than 

 their distance from snout tip; interorbital 214 in head to spiracle, 

 firm cartilagmous interspace less than orbit. Spiracle close behind 

 eye, I1/3 in eye. 



All upper parts covered with minute asperities; 1 or 2 curved 

 spines in front and behind orbit ; 1 in middle of back and series along 

 median line of tail to dorsals. 



Dorsals close together interspace nearly % base of first which 

 larger or 314 in head to spiracle ; pectorals form rounded disk, front 

 edge very slightly undulate, outer and hind edges and angles rather 

 evenly to obtusely convex ; ventral deeply notched, broad behind. 



Above light brown, marbled with dark brown, dark brown blotches 

 ornamented by small, round, yellowish ocelli. Length, 204 mm. 

 (Giinther.) Victoria, New South Wales. 



RAJA POROSA Gunther 



Raja porosa Gunthek, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 13, p. 154, 1874 (type 

 locality: Chef 00). —Mori, Journ. Pan Pacific Res. Inst., vol. 3, p. 3, 1928 

 (Mokpo, Korea). — Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 501, 

 1930 (reference) ; Hong Kong Nat., vol. 1, p. 135, 1930 (compiled). — Fang 

 and Wang, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 8, p. 266, fig. 23, 1932 

 (Chusan).— Wang, Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 9, p. 104, 1933 

 (Chusan).— IKEDA, Hakubutugaku Zassi, vol. 35, p. 582, 1927 (Momotori- 

 Mura). 



Raia porosa Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 350, 1913 (China). — 

 Lin, Sci. Rep. Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., ser. B, vol. 1, p. 160, pi. 5, fig. 15, 1932 

 (tooth) (Tsingtao). 



f Dasybatis undulata (not Lac^pedo) Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 

 4, p. 120, 1874 (Chinese drawing). 

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