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CHO.XDROFl FAiVOII. 



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THE STARRY RAY. 



Rata rudiaUi, Starry Raif, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 114, female. 

 Fc.EM. Brit. An. p. 170, sp. 20. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 517, sp. 206. 



This very beautiful and well-marked species was made 

 known by Mr. Donovan in his History of British Fishes, 

 and a very good coloured representation of it is added in 

 that work, which will prevent its being confounded with any 

 other. 



Whether this species was really known to other authors 

 their descriptions do not afford unequivocal proof, and I 

 have therefore only quoted those synonynies which I know 

 to refer to this fish. Mr. Donovan's specimen, wliich was 

 not more than four inches across and seven inches in length. 



