RAJID^. 455 



10. TEMEKA. 

 Temera, Gray, Zoul. Misc. p. 7. 



Distinguished from Asirape by the eutire absence of dorsal fins. 

 The teeth are obtuse. 

 East Indies. 



1. Temera hardwickii. 



Gray, I. c, and ///. Ind. Zool. c. fig;. ; Mull. 8f Herde, p. 131, taf. 59. 

 fig. 2 ; Carit. Mai. Fish. p. 420, pi. 12"; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 

 XX. p. 451. 



Coloration uniform, or with blackish markings or whitish spots. 

 East Indies. 



a-b. Types of the species. Pinang. Presented by General Hard- 

 wicke. 



Fam. 4. RAJID^. 

 Disk broad, rhombic, generally with asperities or 

 spines ; tail with a longitudinal fold on each side. 

 The pectorals extend to the snout. No electric or- 

 gan. No serrated caudal spine. 



11. RAJA* 



Raja, sp., Artedi. 



Raja, Cuv. Regne Anim. 



Raja et Uraptera, Mull. 8f Henle. 



Tail very distinct from the disk, which is of rhombic shape, with 

 a fold on each side. Body generally rough or with spines, rarely 



* 1. Raja brasiliensis, *M. ^ H. p. 195. — Brazil. 



2. capensis, M.'^- H. p. 151 ; Dumlril, Ela&inohr. p. 540 ; Kner, Novara, 



Fisch. p. 419; 'iCapello, Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lisb. 1869, p. 151.— Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



3. jojenia, Cocco, Aft. Ac. Gioen. Catan. xi. pp. 85-88, c. tab. ; Dumeril, 



I. c. p. 544. — Mediterranean. 



4. oxyrhynchus, Bl. taf. 80 ; M.^ H. p. 148 ; Dumeril, I. c. p. 546.— 



Mediterranean; Atlantic (?). 



5. ocellata, Mitch. Lit. ^ Phil. Trans. N. York, i. p. 477 ; Bekay, N. 



York Fau7i. Fish. p. 369, pi. 65. fig. 212 ; Dumeril, Elasinobr. p. 539 ; 

 Raja chantenay, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1824, iv. p. 106, 

 pi. 5. — North America. 



6. desmarestia, Lesueur, I. c. p. 100, pi. 4 ; Dekay, I. c. p. 372 ; Du- 

 meril, I. c. p. 551 ; Raja americana, Dekay, I. c. p. 368, pi. 66. fig. 215. — 

 North America. 



?. huia, Poeppig, Reise in Chile, i. p. 148 ; Raja chilensis, Gay, Chile, 



ii. p. 367 ; Diuneril, I. c. p. 553. — Chile. 



8. meerdervoortii, Bleek. Act. Sac. So. Indo-Neerl, viii. Japan, vi. 



p. 66. — Japan. 



9. chinensis, Basil. Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1855, p. 251. — China. 



10. cooperi, Girard, U. S. Pac. R.R. Exp. Fish. p. 372. —Shoal water. 



11. scohinn, Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1857, p. 270; Uraptera scobina, 



Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 574.-— Chile. 



12. luevi.'?, Mitch. Amcr. Monthl. Mag. 1818, p. 327 ; Dekay, New York 



