FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 447 



Urolophtis testaceus Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 486, 1870 

 (Sydney, Cape Upstart, Australia). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 5, p. 315, 1880 (Cape Upstart, Port Jackson) ; vol. 6, p. 379, 1881 

 (Cape Upstart, Port Jackson). — Ogilby, Cat. Fishes New South Wales, 1886, 

 p. 6; Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., vol. 1, p. 21, 1888 (Port Jackson, Port 

 Phillip).— Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, new ser., vol. 2, p. 46, 1890 (Port 

 Phillip), — Waite, Prelim. Rep. Thetis Exped., p. 40, 1898 (New South 

 Wales). — Tosh, Marine Biol. Rep. Queensland, pi. 5, fig. 3, 1903 (Jumpin 

 Pin). — Ogilby, Comnierc. Fish Fisher. Queensland, 1915, p. 45 (Moreton 

 Bay). — McCuixocH, Biol. Res. Endeavour, vol. 4, p. 174, pi. 50, 1916 (5 miles 

 southwest of Fraser Island and Port Hacking in 15 fathoms). — Ogilby, Mem. 

 Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 86, 1916 (Jumpin Pin, Cape Moreton, South Hill, 

 Low Bluff, Double Island Point). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 

 2, p. 32, fig. 46, 1921. — McCulloch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., 

 vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 130, 1925.— McCulloch, Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 12, 

 pi. 3, fig. 39b, 1927. 



Trygon testacea Zietz, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. 32, p. 292, 1908. 



Trygon rnulleri (not Castelnau) Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 njath.-nat. m., vol. 53, pt. 1, p. 479, pi. 6, fig. 4 (young), 1866 (Port Jackson, 

 Australia). 



Trygon henlei (not Castelnau) Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. Kl., vol. 53, pt. 1, p. 479, pi. 6, fig. 4 (half grown), 1866 (Port 

 Jackson). 



Trygon australis (not Castelnau) Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. Kl., vol. 53, pt. 1, p. 480, pi. 7, 1866 (South Seas). 



Head to hind spiracle edge 5% in total length. Snout 1% in head 

 to hind spiracle edge, as seen above ends in very short obtuse point; 

 eye 5%, 4 in snout, 2% in interorbital ; mouth width 214 in preoral 

 length; teeth pavementlike, each with horizontal ridge in female, 

 which elevated into obtuse spine in male; fimbriate lip behind upper 

 jaw, median fimbriae largest; median bilobed papilla behind lower 

 jaw, with 1 or 2 smaller each side; large free posterior nasal lobes 

 overhanging mouth angles; internarial valve with broad free fringe 

 of flattened tentacles, 14 on each side and outer external angles form 

 small papillae hidden in mouth; internarial 2% in preoral length; 

 interorbital 2 in head to hind spiracle edge. Spiracles along and 

 behind eye, 4 in head to hind spiracle edge. 



Tail depressed, without lateral folds, width between ventrals 

 equals mouth width, length slightly less than disk length; caudal 

 spine inserted about midway in tail length, II/5 in head to hind 

 spiracle edge; dorsal long as eye, inserted close before caudal spine; 

 caudal width % internarial, begins below hind fourth of caudal 

 spine above and below extends forward nearly opposite dorsal ; pec- 

 torals form rhomboidal disk, slightly broader than long front edges 

 slightly sinuous or nearly straight from snout to broadly rounded 

 outer angles, hind lateral edges convex, junction with inner edges 

 rounded; ventrals broad. 



