5. TORPEDO. 451 



Upper parts marbled with brown, brownish or whitish, the one or 

 the other colour being predominant. 



Mediterranean ; Eastern Atlantic ; Indian Ocean. 



a, b, c, d, e-/. Adult and half-grown. Madeira. Presented by the 



Rev. R. T. Lowe and J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 

 g-i. Half-grown : stuffed. Mediterranean. 

 Jc. Half-grown. Nice. From Dr. Deakin's Collection. 

 l-o. Adult and half-grown. Propontis. From Mr. Millingen's 



Collection. 

 p. Half-grown. Port Natal. From Mr. Ayres's Collection. 

 q, r. Adult, 

 s. Adult. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



4. Torpedo panthera. 



Torpedo panthera, Ehrenberg ; Ri'qyp. N. W. Fisch. p. 68, taf. 19. fig. 1 ; 

 Midi. ^- Henle, p. 103. 



Spiracles fringed. The first dorsal fin is not twice as large as the 

 second, and appears to be entirely opposed to the ventrals. The 

 band of mandibulary teeth is short, having only half the extent of the 

 maxillary band, and occupying the middle portion of the mandible. 

 Brown, with numerous whitish spots. 



Red Sea. 



5. Torpedo smithii. 



Spiracles distinctly fringed, crescent-shaped, rather narrow, their 

 own diameter being scarcely one-half of their distance from the eyes, 

 which are extremely small. The first dorsal fin is rather small, not 

 twice as large as the second, and its end exactly opposite to the end 

 of the base of the ventrals. The band of mandibulary teeth oc- 

 cupies the entire circumference of the jaw. Each angle of the 

 mouth with a short longitudinal groove. The colour has very much 

 faded ; it appears to have been a dark brown with still darker spots. 



? South Africa. 



a. Fifteen inches long. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



6. Torpedo fuscomaculata. 



Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1855, p. 46G. 



Spiracles distinctly fringed ; their distance from the eyes is more 

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

 as the second, and is so much advanced that its origin is opposite to 

 the vent, and its end in front of the end of the base of the ventrals. 

 The band of mandibulary teeth is but little shorter than the distance 

 between the angles of the mouth. Dark brown with or without 

 black spots. 



East Africa. 



«. h-c. Fine specimens. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut. -Colonel 

 Playfair. 



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