26 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



end of snont. Teetli small, (■nsi)s sharp, in forty-two rows on tlic ni)i)er jaw (male adult). 

 Eyes moderately large, interorbital space narrow, dei^ply concave; width three times in 

 the distance from the end of the snout to the eye. Spiracles smaller than the eye. Ven- 

 trals medium; jMntion in front of the notch rather small. Dorsals small, separated by a 

 space with tubercles. A vertebral series of small tubercles on back and tail; two lateral 

 series on eacjh sU\o. of the tail; a series on each orbital ridge; a group of several above the 

 end of the rostral cartilage; a grouj) on each ])ectoral opposite eye and spiracle; a group of 

 retractile spines opposite the shoulder neai the outer angle of the pectoral. Excepting the 

 above, in this specimen, the disk is smooth on the upper surface. The ventral surface is 

 smooth, with the exception of the ]>ortiou anterior to the mouth, which is covered with fine 

 sharp scales or shagreen. 



" DirtVring from R. eglanteria (Lac.), which it resembles in shape, in a somewhat shorter 

 snout and in coloration. 



"Disk, including ventrals, 9.5; width, 0; tail, from vent, '.1.6; and total length, l(!.2.j 

 inches. 



" Light yellowish brown, sprinkled with small spots of brown intermixed with others of 

 white. On the base of each pectoral, a, little behind the shoulder girdle, there is a trans- 

 versely oblong spot of brown, half au inch in diameter, surrounded by a ring of snmll spots 

 forming a sort of rosette. Uniform white beneath." 



A specimen (Ko. 748, Mus. Oomp. Zool.), of this form was obtained by the Blake, on the 

 Yucatan Banks, in the Gulf of INEexico. The depth at which it was captured is not recorded, 

 but M. ornata, regarded by Garman as a variety of li. aelcleyi, was taken at 138 to 142 fathoms. 



RAIA ORNATA, Garman. 



Itaja ornata, var. nov. R. acMeyi, Garman, loc. cit., 235 (1881) 

 Raja aiMcy'x ornata, Joudan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 11. 

 Raja ornata, Gdoije & Bean, Rull. Mus. Comp. ZdJil., x. 15. 



"Disk, including the ventrals, little broader than long, anterior margins convex at the 

 extremities of the pectorals; tail depressed, becoming quite slender backward, with a nar- 

 row cutaneous fold on each side. Rostral angle obtuse. Snout not produced beyond the 

 convex margins on each side of it. Rostral cartilage slender, acute. Mouth medium, mod- 

 erately curved; width one and one- third times in the distance from the end of the snout. 

 Teeth small, smooth, in forty-four series in the upper .jaw (young male). Eyes large, inter- 

 orbital s[>ace more than three times their distance from the end of snout. Spiracles smaller 

 than the eye. Ventrals medium ; posterior portion elongate, anterior small. Dorsals small, 

 separate. Hinder margin of pei'torals rounded. A. vertebral series of spines on back and 

 tail ; one lateral series on each side of this on the back, and two on the tail ; a series on each 

 orbital ridge; a single spine on the forehead between the eyes; a, group of several above the 

 end of the rostral cartilage; a spine on each shoulder; a group near each ventral (m the 

 hinder angle of the pectoral, and a group on the anterior extremities of the latter. Entire 

 upper surface rough with small, sharp asperities; smooth below. 



"Disk to end of ventrals, 4.5; width, 4; tail from vent, 4.0; and total length, 8 inches. 



"Light brownish, freckled with lighter, marked with scattered rosettes or groups of small 

 spots of darker. One of these groups stands on the pectoral a little back of the shoulder, a 

 couple near the hinder angle, and one opposite, or a little behind the .spiracle. White 

 beneath. Several .spots on the tail; one at the base oft'ach dorsal. 



"Type No. 915, Mus. Comp. Zool. 



"One specimen off Alligator Key, Fhmda; 138 fathoms. 



"Three specimens, hit. .'Wo 24' X., Ion. 78° 44' W. ; 142 fathoms. 



"Of the latter, one has only the vertebral series of spines well developed; another has 

 the vertebral and one lateral on each side; and the third has the three series and the scat- 

 tered spines in the second lateral. Ow. has a tliird (htrsal considerably in advance of the 

 usual ])air, near the niiddlc of the length of the tail. Tail extending behind the dorsals in a 



