224 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



126. Dasyatis gymnura (Miiller). 



Surinam to Brazil, recorded from Grenada by Giinther. 



Irygon gymnura Miiller, Ermanu's Reise um die Erde, 25, taf. 13, 1830, Brazil. 



127. Dasyatis sablna (LeSiienr). 



Streams and estuaries of Florida, abundant on both coasts. 



Trygon aabina LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Fhila., iv, 1824, lOy, Florida. 



128. Dasyatis longa (Garman). 



Gulf of California to Panama. 



Dasihatis longa Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, vi, 170, 1880, Acapulco, 

 Panama. 



129. Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Bay of San Diego, and southward; locally abundant. 



Dasybatia dipterurus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 31, San 

 Diego. 



130. Dasyatis say (LeSueurj. Southern Sting Bay. 



Carolina to Brazil ; common in Florida, occasional northward to New York. 

 Eaja say LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1817, 42, New Jersey. 



Genus 54. PTEEOPLATEA Miiller & Henle. 



Pteroplatea Miiller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 168, 1838 (altavela). 



131. Pteroplatea maclura (LeSueur). Bntterfiy Bay. 



Rhode Island to Brazil. 



Baia maclura LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1817, 41, Rhode Island. 



132. Pteroplatea crebripunctata Peters. 



Gulf of California southward, along the west coast of Mexico; common. 

 Pteroplatea crebripunctata Peters, jVionatsber. Berl. Akad. 1869, 703, Mazatlan. 



133. Pteroplatea rava Jordan & Starks. Manataria Colorada; Manta Baia. 



West coast of Mexico. 



Pteroplatea rava Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, 18, 1895, Maz- 

 atlan, Mexico. 



134. Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper. 



Coast of California, from Point Conception southward to Cerros Island; 



common. 

 Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., iii, 1863, 112, San Diego. 



Family XXVII. MYLIOBATID^. The Eagle Rays. 



Genus 55. AETOBATUS Blainville. 



Aetobatus Blainville, Jour. dePhys., lxxxiii, 1816, 261 {vulgaris, narinari, etc.). 



135. Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen). Spotted Sting Bay. 



Tropical seas, north on Atlantic Coast to Virginia; not common on our shores. 

 Baia narinari Euphrasen, Vet. Ak. Nya, Handl., xi, 1790, 217, Brazil. 



Genus 56. MYLIOBATIS Dum^ril. 



Myliobatis Dum^ril, in Cuvier, Regne Animal, ii, 137, 1817 (aquila). 



Subgenus MYLIOBATIS Dum^rll. 



136. Myliobatis freminvillei LeSueur. 



Cape Cod to Brazil; not uncommon. 



Myliobatia freminvillei LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 111, Rhode 

 Island. 



137. Myliobatis goodei Garman. 



Central America. 



Myliobatis goodei Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 39, Central America. 



