Ad. S. Jensen; The Selachians of Greenland. 



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mm long weighing ISi/ikg; the greatest breadth of the disc was 970 mm; it had 21 

 dorsal spines. The specimen c is a female 1120mm long with 22 dorsal spines'); its 

 stomach contained prawns (Pandalus). The size of specimen d lay between those 

 of the two foregoing. Specimen e was a female 980 mm long with 22 dorsal spines and 

 specimen f a female 900 mm long with 25 dorsal spines. 



Of these specimens only a and c were preserved ; their principal measurements in 

 mm are the following: 



C 



o 



Ot^ 



OQU 





o 



O OS 2 





j-.s 



5 ^ o 



ggois 

 Lj c c c 



M— ' Ml .^ CD 



£ M O -^ 



I ffi^.S s 



ai=tr a! 



C O o 



^ =- F 



-^ o o 



r- ": W3 



-r rt Qj 



1-1 " <u 



ca--. 



1-^ o 



5 S- 



1-4 « 



Q> >S 



C J2 



:-a.s « 



O QJ 



c 



m 



o c a 

 p o 



*i - o 



740 

 1047= 



485 

 725 



360 

 493 



149 

 212 



283 

 400 



? 

 18 



36,5 



57 



14,E 

 26 



56,5 

 76 



72 

 95 



143 

 194 



Of spoeimon J) llie jaws wcrt' preserved (see the plate fig. o); Ihey bear 32 rows 

 of teetJi above and 31 below: I he single teeth greatly resemlde those in Raja lintea 

 (cf. fig. 9 in the text) of the sami^ sex, but here the basal disc of tlic ludlh is rela- 

 tively a little broader. 



Remarks. In Bull. Essex Institute, XI, 1879, p. 28 Goode & Bean describe a 

 new ray to which was given the M. S.-name Raja gramilata by Gill as follows: "A 

 remarkable species with back and ventral surface covered with minute sharp granular 



ossifications A species of the same type as R. laevis, and having 30 — 31 teeth on 



each side; the back granulated and slate colored; the ventrals distinguished by reticu- 

 late markings, and the claspers slender and scarcely expanded". This species is re- 

 ferred to later by other American authors in the same brief manner. 



There seemed to be th(> possibility, that the above-described ray from southern 

 West Greenland was identical with Raja granulata from Newfoundland; this is also sug- 

 gested by the figure given of R. granulata by Goode & Bean in "Oceanic Ichthyology" 

 (Plates, fig. 80). 



It was thus of considerable importance for me to see this ray and on Prof. .Iunger- 

 sen's reference to the U. S. National Museum it became possible, an authentic speci- 

 men of Raja granulata (Gill) Goode & Bean being sent from there for comparison; 

 It was taken at 42°37' N., 62°5d' W., 200 fm. It then proved, that this species is 

 different from that brought home by the "Tjalfe" Expedition. R. granulata posses- 



In this specimen there has also been a spine - now broken off — between the dorsal fins. 

 In the fresh condition the total length was 11-0 mm. 



