260 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 

 /d~* A*M'*£*fl** ^'/hJ^r^^L./j-r q Raia eglantiera, Bosc. 



Body flat, semiorbicular behind, with a wide, rounded emargination each side before, 

 near the spiracles, anterior to which the edge is dilated opposite to the eyes, and then is con- 

 tracted so as to form a short, rounded rostrum. Above reddish, sprinkled with small spots ; 

 beneath whitish, with reddish tints. A longitudinal series of from nine to twelve simple 

 spines on each side upon the pectorals ; tail longer than the body, with two fins at its tip. 



Length, 19 inches. Width, 10 inches. 



Delaware Bay and Southern coasts, Bosc, Lesueur. 



Rata eglantiera, Lacep., Hist, des Poissons, n. p. 105, pi. 4, fig. 1. 

 " " Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. b'c, IV. p. 103. 



" " Dekav's Report, p. 373. 



7- Raia Chantenay, Lesueur. 



Body fiat, subrhomboidal, about one fifth broader than long. Above glabrous, excepting 

 on the anterior margin of the pectoral fins, between the eyes, and on the extremity of the 

 rostrum, which are rough to the touch ; scattered reddish-brown spots of various sizes and 

 forms, and a transversely-oblong subocellated spot each side of the middle; beneath whitish, 

 slightly tinted with rosaceous; towards the anterior part of each side of the anus are six 

 small black lines or spots. Three fins at the extremity of the tail ; tail armed laterally with 

 points. 



Breadth, 24 feet. 



Delaware Bay, (?)• 



Raia Chantenay, Lesueut., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, IV. p. 106, pi. 5. 



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Lesueur's description was made out from a dried specimen in the Philadelphia Museum. 



S. Raia Americana, Dekay. 



Body rhomboidal. Uniform brown, unspotted. Snout elongated. Pointed groups of 

 prickles on the upper surface ; a vertebral series, and three series along the tail. 

 Length, 1 to 2 feet. 

 New York, Dekay- 



Raia Americana, Prickly Ray, Dekay's Report, p. 303, pi. 66, fig. 215. 



GENUS II. TRYGON, Adanson. 



Head inclosed laterally by the pectorals ; posterior portion of the disk of 

 the body somewhat rounded ; tail armed near its origin with a long and sharp 



