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RAIID.E. 



CIIONDROPTERYGII. 



jIiF 



UAllDJE. 



THE ELECTRIC RAY. 



COMMON CRAMP-FISH. NUMB-FISH, WeymOUlll. 



CRAMP RAY, Cornwall. 



Toryedo 



CuviER, Kegne An. t. ii. p. 369. 

 Cramp-fish, Wii.lughby, p. 81, D. 4. 



Raia Torpedo, Linnaeus. Block, pt. iv. pi. 122. 



,, ,, Electric Ray, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 118, pi. 12. 



Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 53. 

 Torpedo vulgaris. Common Crampfish, Flem. Brit. An. p. 169, sp. 17. 



Generic Characters — The disk of the body nearly ciicular ; pectoral fins 

 large ; two dorsal fins placed so far back as to be on the tail ; surface of the body 

 smooth ; tail short, and rather thick ; teeth small and sharp. 



The earliest notices of this fish on our coasts by English 

 writers were made by Smith in his History of Waterford, 

 and afterwards by Pennant and Walsh ; but as, according to 



* The family of the Rays or Skate. 



