220 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Suborder TBCTOSPONDYLI. 



Family XXI. SQUATINID-ffi. The Angel Sharks. 



Genus 43. SQUATINA Dumeril. 

 Squatina Dnm^ril, Zool. Analyt., 102, 1806 {angelu8=^squatina). 



78. Squatina squatina (Liniijeiis). MonTc-fish; Angel-Jish; Squato. 



Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tlie United States southward from Cape Cod and 



Sau Francisco ; Mediterranean. 

 Squalus squatina Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 233, 17.58, coasts of Europe. 



Order G. BATOIDEI. The Rays. 



Suborder SARCURA. The Thick-tailed Rays. 



Family XXII. PRISTIDiB. The Sawfishes. 



Genus 44. PRISTIS Latham. 

 Priatia Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc, ii, 1794, 276 (pristis). 



79. Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks. Fez de Eapada. 



Tropical seas, north to Mazatlau on the Pacific Coast; the West Indies. 

 Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, Fishes of Sinaloa, 11, 1895, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



80. Pristis peotinatus Latham. Common Saivjish; Fez Sierra; Pez de Eapada. 



Tropical seas; north to West Indies and Florida. 



Pristis pectinatus Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc, ii, 1794, 278, "in the ocean." 



Family XXIII. RHINGBATID-SJ. The Guitar-Fishes. 



Genus 45. EHINOBATUS Bloch & Schneider. Guitar-fishes. 

 Bhinobatus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 353, 1801 (rhinohatus). 



81. Rhinobatus lentiginosus Garman. 



From Charleston, South Carolina, southward. 



Bhinobatus lentiginosus Garman, Bull. M. C. Z., vi, 168, 1880, coast of Florida. 



82. Rhinobatus stellio Jordan & Rutter. 



Jamaica. 



Bhinobatus stellio Jordan & Rutter, Fishes of Jamaica, 1896, Jamaica. 



83. Rhinobatus glaucostigma Jordan & Gilbert. Guitarro. 



Gulf of California and southward. 



Bhinobatus glaucostigma Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 210, 

 Mazatlan. 



84. Rhinobatus leucorhynchus Giinther. 



Panama and vicinity. 



Bhinobatus leucorhynchus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend. 1866, 604. Panama. 



85. Rhinobatus productus Ayres. Guitar-fish. 



San Francisco to San Diego. 



Bhinobatus productus Ayres, in Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 196, 

 Monterey. 



86. Rhinobatus percellens (Walbaum). Fiddler-fish; Puraque. 



West Indies to southern Brazil. 



Baja percellens Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, 525, 1792; after Marcgrave. 



87. Rhinobatus spinosus Giinther. 



Mexico. 



Bhinobatus spinosus Giinther, Cat., viii, 518, 1870, Mexico. 



88. Rhinobatus planiceps Garman. 



Coast of Peru and Galapagos Islands. 



Bhinobatus planiceps Garman, Bull. M. C. Z, \ i, 168, 1880, Peru; Galapagos^ 



