FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 465 



wang, Borneo) ; Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 12, p. 30, 1861 

 (Singapore). — Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 639, 1865 (copied). — 

 Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 2, p. 290, 1868 

 (Rio, Bintang).— GtJNTHBR, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 490, 1870 

 (India). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 742, 1878; Fauna British India, 

 Fishes, vol. 1, p. 59, 1889.— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 19, 1938 (ref- 

 erence). 



Myliobates maculatus Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 198, 1846 (China 

 Sea). 



MyUoiatis maculata Annandale, Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 2, p. 58, 1909 (off 

 Orissa ) . 



Myliotalis maculata Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1921, p. E8 (error). 



Aetomylaciis^ maculatus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 435, 1913 

 (Indian Seas, East Indies, Pinang). — Fowxeb, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 87, p. 90, fig. 7, 1935 (Bangkok). — Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, 

 p. 7, 1937 (Maenam Thai-cin ; Sriracha). 



Aetomylus maculatus Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 506, 

 1930 (reference) ; Hong Kong Nat., vol. 1, p. 183, fig. 22, 1930 (compiled).— 

 Wang, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 9, p. 113, fig. 11, 1933 (Yen- 

 ting). 



Myliobatis cyclurus Van Hasselt, Algemein Konst. Letterbode, p. — , 1823 

 (type locality: Java) ; Bull. Sci. Nat. Ferussac, vol. 2, p. 90, 1824 (Java). 



Head to first gill opening 3 in disk length, 13 in tail. Snout 2 

 in head to first gill opening; eye 614, 3 in snout, 4 in interorbital, 

 pupil erect ; mouth width 2% in head to first gill opening ; teeth in 

 median row 5 to 6 times wide as long; internarial 3^^ in head to 

 first gill opening; interorbital li/o, concave in front of fontanel. 

 Spiracles large, hardly visible from above, 2i/4 times long as eye. 



Skin rough with small tubercles or spines in dorsal area on young. 



Dorsal length about half interorbital, rounded above, hind edge 

 nearly vertical, short free edge behind base ends in right angle, 

 inserted little behind ends of ventral bases; tail over 4 times disk 

 length, without spine; pectorals form broad disk with length 1% 

 its width, outer ends curved, acute, front edge convex, hind edge 

 concave; ventrals longer than broad, inner edge short, hind edge 

 oblique, angles rounded. 



Back brown with dark edged rounded spots of whitish posteriorly. 

 Tail indistinctly banded brown and darker. White below. Length, 

 724 mm. (Garman.) 



India, Pinang, Singapore, East Indies, China Sea. 



AETOMYLUS VESPERTILIO (Bleeker) 



Myliolatis vespertilio Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Plagiost.), vol. 24, 

 p. 85, 1852 (type locality: Batavia). — Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 

 1, p. 636, 1865 (copied).— GuNTHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 490, 

 1870 (copied).— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 20, 1938 (reference). 



Aetomylaeus vespertilio Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 437, 1913 

 (Batavia and Pinang). — Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 7, 1937 (Siam). 



Aetomylus vespertilio Fowlek, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 506, 

 1930 (reference). 



