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basal region of ventral. About 4 small spines above eyes and 2 

 above left spiracle. Series of depressible spines externally on each 

 pectoral. Color in alcohol dull chocolate brown above. Several 

 obscure dusky blotches at each pectoral base. Below whitish, ducts 

 of lorenzini ending in dusky pores. Narrow lateral cutaneous fold 

 along tail. Dorsals 2, separated, second continuous basally with 

 caudal fold. 



Female with disk widest well after middle of its length, front 

 profiles scarcely undulated. Snout pointed. Mouth straight. Teeth 

 rather acute. Minute asperities similar to but smaller than in male, 

 more numerous on head posteriorly, over greater pectoral area and 

 lower region of back. No depressible pectoral spines. On back just 

 after pharynx 2 vertebral spines. Over eye 4 spines, none over 

 spiracle. An obscure lateral series of spines, besides enlarged median 

 series. 



Saghalin, Korsakowsk, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, 

 Oregon, California. Description above from specimens from Pacific 

 Grove, Calif., in A. N. S. P. 



RAJA INTERRUPTA Gill and Townsend 



Raia interrupta Gill and Townsend, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 232, 



1897 (type locality: Bering Sea). — Gasman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 

 36, p. 345, 1913 (copied). 



Raja interrupta Jordan and Evermann, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 47, pt. 3, p. 2751, 



1898 (compiled). — Soldatov and Lindberg, Bull. Pacific Sci. Fisher. Inst, 

 vol. 5, p. 22, 1930 (Far East Seas). 



Localities: Far East Seas, Bering Sea. 



RAJA PARMIFERA Bean 



Raia parmifera Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 4, p. 157, 1882 (type locality: 

 Iliuliuk, Unalaska). — Jordan and Gilbert, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 16, p. 878, 

 1883 (copied).— Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. vol. 36, p. 345, 1913 

 (Unalaska). 



Raja parmifera Gilbert, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm., pt. 19 (1893), p. 395, 1895 

 (Bristol Bay, Alaska). — Jordan and Evermann, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 47 pt. 

 1, p. 74, 1896 (copied).— Evermann and Goldsborough, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26 (1906), p. 230, 1907 (Frederick Sound; Shelikof Strait; Chignik 

 Bay; Alitak Bay, Alaska). — Soldatov and Lindberg, Bull. Pacific Sci. Fisher. 

 Inst., vol. 5, p. 21, 1930 (Far East Seas). — Taranetz, Bull. Associate Acad. 

 Sci. S. S. S. R., No. 13, pp. 90, 91, 1935 (note) ; Bull. Pacific Sci. Inst. Fisher. 

 Oceanogr., vol. 11, p. 51, 1937. 



Localities: Far East Seas, Alaska. 



RAJA ROSISPINIS Gill and Townsend 



Raia rosispinis Gill and Townsend, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 231, 

 1897 (type locality: Bering Sea.) — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 

 36, p. 345, 1913 (copied). 



