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Suborder MASTICURA. The Whip-tailed Rays. 



Family XXVI. DASYATIDiE. The Sting Rays. 



Genus 52. UEOLOPHUS Muller & Henle. Round Sting Bays. 



Urolophus Muller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 173, 1838 {aurantiacus = cruciatti8). 



115. Urolophus halleri Cooper. 



Coast of California from Point Conception southward. 



Urolophus halleri Cooper, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., in, 1863, 95, San Diego. 



116. Urolophus nebulosus Garnian. 



Gulf of California to Panama. 



Urolophus nebulosus Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 41, Colima. 



117. Urolophus umbrifer Jordan & Starks. 



West coast of Mexico. 



Urolophus umirifer Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, 17, 1895, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



118. Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier). Maid. 



West Indies, generally common; once (perhaps doubtfully) recorded from 



New Jersey. 

 Raja jamaicensis Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 1, 137, 1817, Jamaica. 



119. Urolophus mundus (Gill). 



Panama. 



Urotrycjon mundus Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1863, 173, Panama. 



120. Urolophus goodei Jordan & Bollman. 



Panama. 



Urolophus goodei Jordan tt Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 151, near 

 Panama. 



121. Urolophus aspidurus Jordan & Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Urolophus aspidu7'us Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 307, Panama. 



122. Urolophus asterias Jordan & Gilbert. 



Mazatlau to Panama. 



Urolophus asterias Jordan & Gilbert, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 579, Mazatlan; 

 Panama. 



123. Urolophus rogersi Jordan &. Starks. 



West coast of Mexico. 



Urolophus rogersi Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, 16, 1895, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Genus 53. DASYATIS Rafinesque. Sting Ray. 



Dasyatis Rafinesque, Caretteri di Alcunj Nuovi Gen., 16, 1810 (ujo=pa8' 

 tinaca). 



Subgenus HEMITRYGON Muller & Henle. 



Hemitrygon Miiller & Henk, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, 90 (bennetti). 



124. Dasyatis centrura (Mitchill). Common Sting Ray; Stingaree; Clam Cracker. 



Coast of Maine to Cape Hatteras; abundant. 



Raja centrura Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, 479, New York. 



Subgenus DASYATIS Rafinesque. 



125. Dasyatis hastata (DeKay). KH. 



West Indies to Brazil, north to Florida and Rhode Island. 

 Trygon hastata DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 373, pi. 65, fig. 214, 1842, Rhode 

 Island. 



