450 TOrvPEDINlD.E. 



Torpedo oculata, Davy, Rvscarch. i. p. 78, and in Philos. Trans. 1829, 



p. 15, and 18;}2, p. 259 ; MiUl. <^ Hcnle, p. 127 ; Dumcril, Itev. 



Zool. 1852, p. 234, or Masinobr. p. 50G. 



Spiracles without fringes ; their distance from the eye is scarcely 



more than their own diameter. The first dorsal fin is not twice as 



large as the second, and only its anterior half is opposite to the base 



of the ventrals. The longitudinal pit at the angle of the mouth is 



only half as long as the cleft of the mouth. The band of mandibu- 



lary teeth is but little shorter than the distance between the angles 



of the mouth. Light browa above, with from one to seven large 



blue ocelli ; generally with indistinct rounded whitish spots on the 



posterior part of the trunk. The ocelli are rarely entirely absent. 



Mediterranean and neighbouring parts of the Atlantic. 

 n-h. Fine specimens. Lisbon. Presented by the llev. K. T. Lowe. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Mediterranean. 



d, e-g. Adult, half-grown, and young. Bi[editerranean. 

 h. Half-grown. Adriatic. 



i, A-. Half-grown. 



3^ Torpedo marmorata. 



Narce or Torpedo, Bellon. Aquat. i. p. 90. 



Torpedo tertia et quarta, liundel. p. 303. 



Torpedo, Wahh, Phil Trans. 1773, p. 401, tab. 19; Hunter, ibid. 



p. 481, tab. 20; IVimjle, ibid. 1774; Cavendish, ibid. 177G, p. 19G. 

 Narcacion, KUin, Pise. \Miss. iii. p. 32. uos. 3 & 4. 

 Raja torpedo, L. Si/st. Kat. i. p. 395 Priinn. Ichth. Massil. p. 1 ; 



honor. Prit. Fish. iii. pi. 53 ; Turton, Prit. Faun. p. 10. 

 Electric Ray, Pennant, Prit. Zool. iii. p. 78, pi. 10, and, ed. 1812, iii. 



p. 118, pi. 12. 

 Torpedo marmorata, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 20, pi. 3. fig. 4, or Eur. 



Merid. iii. p. 143, fig;. 9 ; Olfers, Torped. p. 14 ; Hcnle, Narcitie, 



p. 30; Midi. ^- Hcnle, p. 128; Dmneril, Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 23G, 



or Elasmubr. p. 508 ; Yurrell, Prit. Fish. 2ud edit. ii. p. 542, and 



3rd edit. ii. p. 559. 



galvanii, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 21, pi. 3. fig. 5, or Eur. Merid. 



iii. p. 144 ; Ponap. Faun. Ital. Pesce. 



Torpille, Reaumur, Mem. Ac. Sc. Paris, 1714, p. 344, tab. 12. fig. 1, 



tab. 13. fig. 2 ; Diihamel, Pesches, ii. p. 28G, tab. 13. 

 Torpedo vulgaris, Flcminrf, Prit. An. p. 1G9. 



diversicolor, Davy, Philos. T7-ans. 1834, ii. p. 550. 



picta, Loxve, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 93. 



trepidans, Val. in Webb 8f Perthel. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 101 ; 



Dumcril, Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 238, or Elasmobr. p. 511. 



liebetans, Valenc. I. c. pi. 23 (not Loicc). 



Narcacion polleni, Pleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. p. 171. 



Spiracles distinctly fringed ; their distance from the eyes is 

 scarcely more than their own diameter. The first dorsal fin is not 

 twice as large as the second, and about its anterior half is opposite 

 to the base of the ventrals. A distinct longitudinal pit at each 

 angle of the mouth. The band of mandibulary teeth is but 

 little shorter than the distance between the angles of the mouth. 



