442 jtAiiu.E. 



CHONDBOPTERYGII. RAIIDjE. 



.y 



"^S ^hl^: 





THE STING RAY. 



COMMON TRYGON. FIRE FLAIRE. 



Trygon pastinaca, La Pastiiiaqiie, CuviEn, Regne An. t. ii, p. 399. 



,, ,, Common Tri/gon, Flem. Brit. An. p. 170, sp. 18. 



Pustinaca marina, Rondeletii, Willughby, p. 67, C. 3. 



Raia pastinaca, Linnsus. Bloch, pi. iii. pi. 82. 



,, ,, Sting Ray, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 125. 



„ „ ,, „ Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 99. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 518, sp. 207. 



Generic Characters. — Head enclosed laterally by the pectorals; posterior 

 portion of the disk of the body somewhat rounded ; tail armed near its origin 

 with a long and sharp flattened spine, serrated on both edges ; the rest of the 

 tail slender, without fins, and ending in a point ; teeth small. 



From the Rays whose bodies are more or less covered and 

 protected with sharp spines supported on broad bases, and 

 which spines, continued along the upper surface of the tail, 



