102 FISHES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 



Family SQUATINID^ 



(Marine) 



17. Squatina squatina (Linn.) Monkfish. Uncommon. Summer. 



Family RAJID^ 



(Marine) 



18. Raja erinacea Mitch. Common Skate. Conomon Resident. 



19. Raja diaphanes Mitch. Big Skate. Tolerably common. Sep- 



tember to December 30, probably resident. 



20. Raja eglanteria'QosQ,. Clear-nosed Skate. Not uncommon. July 



to September. 



21. Raja stahuUf oris Garmsin. Barn-door Skate. Common. October 



to June. 



Family NARCOBATIDiE 



(Marine) 



22. Tetronarce occidentalis (Storer). Torpedo. Accidental. Summer. 



Family DASYATID^ 

 (Marine) 



23. Dasyatis centrura (Mitch.) Common Sting Ray. Uncommon, 



formerly common. July and later in the year. 



24. Pteroplatea maclura (Le Sueur). Butterfly Ray. Uncommon. 



Family MYLIOBATIDiE 

 (Marine) 



25. Rhinoptera bo7iasus (Mitch.) Cow-nosed Ray. Uncommon. 



Summer and autumn. 



Family ACIPENSERID^ 

 (Ascending fresh water streams from the sea.) 



26. Acipenser sturio Linn. Common Sturgeon. Not uncommon. 



February to fall. 



27. Acipenser hrevirostrum Le Sueur. Short-nosed Sturgeon. Rare. 



May. 



Family LEPISOSTEID^ 

 (Fresh-water) 



28. Lepisosteus osseus Linn. Long-nosed Gar. Occasional. 



Family SILURID^E 



29. Felichthys marinus (Mitch.) Gaff-topsail Catfish. Sometimes 



common. August. (Marine). 



30. Galeichthys felis (Linn.) Sea Catfish. Rare. (Marine). 



