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Genus 46. ZAPTERYX Jordan & Gilbert. 

 Zapteryx Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880. 53 («ragj^«-a<«»). 



89. Zapteryx exasperatus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



San Diego Bay. 



Platyrhtna exasperata Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 32, San Diego. 



90. Zapteryx xyster Jordan & Evermann. 



Panama. 



Zapteryx xyster Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 65, 1896, 

 Panama. 



Genus 47. PLATYEHINOIDIS Garman. 



Platyrhinoidis Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 522 {triseriatus). 



91. Platyrhinoidis triseriatus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Coast of California from Point Conception southward. 



Platyrhina triseriata Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 36, Santa Bar- 

 bara, California. 



Family XXIV. RAJIDiE. The Skates. 



Genus 48. HAJA (Artedi) Linneeus. 

 Raja (Artedi) Linujeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 231, 1758 (batis). 



92. Raja erinacea Mitchill. Common Skate; Little Skate; Tobacco Box. 



Very abundant from Virginia northward to Maine. 



Eaia erinacea Mitchill, Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, xi, 1825, 290, New York. 



93. Raja ocellata Mitchill. Big Skate. 



Coast of NeAv York, Massachusetts, and northward. 



Eaja ocellata Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc, i, 1815, 477, New York. 



94. Raja fyllae Liitkeu. 



Davis Straits, Greenland. 



Eaja fylhe Liitken, Vid. Medd. Naturh. Foren. KjSbenh. 1887, 1, pi. 1, Davis 



Straits. 



95. Raja radiata Donovan. 



North Atlantic; both in America and Europe; not common on our coa«t. 

 Baia radiata Donovan, Hist. Brit. Fishes, v, pi. 114, 1820, Great Britain. 



96. Raja plutonia Garman. 



Deep water oflf South Carolina. 



Raja plutonia Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, xi, 236, 1881, off" South Carolina. 



97. Raja ackleyi Garman. 



Yucatan Banks. 



Eaja ackleyi Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xi, 235, 1881, Yucatan Banks. 



98. Raja ornata Garman. 



Coast of Soutli Carolina and Florida. 



Raja ornata Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xi, 235, 1881, off South Carolina. 



99. Raja eglanteria Bosc. 



Cape Cod, southward to Florida; not very common. 



Raia eglanteria Bosc, in Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 103, 1800, Charleston, S. C. 



100. Raja senta Garman. 



Banks of Newfoundland to Cape Cod; in deep water. 



Raja senta Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 43, Cape Cod Bay ; Lo Have Bank. 



101. Raja laevis Mitchill. Barndoor Skate. 



New England to Florida; not uncommon northward. 



Baja Icevis Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag., Ii, 1817, 327, New York. 



