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MAINE.—Maine “Salt water” (Williamson, 1832, Goode, 
1884, Me. S. and S. F. Report, 1907, and Kendall, 1908) ; 
Eastport (U.S. N. M., 1872, and Bean, 1880); Casco Bay 
(Lee, 1885) ; Small Point, Casco Bay (Kendall coll., 1896) ; 
Passamaquoddy Bay (Moore, 1897); Matinicus, Isle au Haut, 
Stockton Springs, Searsport, Gott’s Island, Mt. Desert Rock, 
Sandy Point, Verona (Evermann, 1904); Saco Bay. 
SCYMNORHINIDA. TuHE NURSE SHARKS. 
12. Somniosus microcephalus Schneider. “NURSE 
SHARK”; SLEEPER SHARK. 
Range.—Arctic Seas south to Cape Cod, Oregon and 
France. 
Marnr.—Eighty miles east of Portland (Wood, 1846, and 
Storer, 1848); Maine (Holmes, 1862, and Kendall, 1908) ; 
eighty miles east of Portland (Storer, 1867); Eastport (U. 
S. N. M., 1875); Portland (Goode & Bean, 1896). 
RAIIDZ. THE SKATES. 
13. Raia erinacea Mitehill. “SKATE”; LITTLE 
SKATE; COMMON SKATE. 
Range.— Virginia northward. 
MaAInE.—Eastport (U.S. N. M., 1872); Casco Bay (Lee, 
1885); Casco Bay at Small Point (Kendall coll., 1896) ; 
Wolt’s Neck, Freeport (Pettengill coll., 1900); New Mead- 
ows River (Bowdoin College coll., 1900 [1890]); Maine 
(Kendall, 1908). 
14. Raia diaphanes Mitchill, Bic SKATE; SKATE; 
SPOTTED SKATE. 
Range.—New York and northward. 
MAINE.—Eastport (U. S. N. M., 1872); Casco Bay 
(U. S. N. M., 1873); Portland (Goode & Bean, 1879); 
Small Point (Kendall coll., 1896); Maine (Kendall, 1908). 
