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CHONDROPrERVCll. 



KAFIDE. 



llAUn.T.. 



/H'A 



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LONG-NOSED SKATE. 



SHAGREEN RAY. 



Raia chagrinea, Shagreen Ray, Montagu, Wern. Mem. vol. ii. p. 420, 



pi. 21. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 117. 



,, aspera, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 172, sp. 25. 



,, chagrinea, „ ,, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 513, sp. 202. 



,, mucronata, Long-nosed Skate, Couch's, MS. 



Generic Characters. — Form of the body rhomboidal, very much depressed ; 

 tail long and slender, generally armed on the upper surface with one or more 

 rows of sharp spines ; two small fins near the end of the tail, and sometimes a 

 small terminal or caudal fin ; the eyes and temporal orifices on the upper sur- 

 face of the head ; nostrils, mouth, and branchial apertures, beneath ; teeth 

 flattened, lozenge-shaped, the inner angle elongated in old males. 



The Rays, or Skate, as they are popularly called, are 

 remarkable for the rhomboidal form and consequent breadth 



