THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 261 
July 21st, 1907, by Mr. Wm. J. Fox. This example was mod- 
erately large and escaped before it could be landed. This is the 
first record of. its occurrence on our coast. 
Family DASYBATID&. 
Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier). 
PLATE 78. 
Round Sting Ray. 
Dasybatus centroura (Mitchill). 
Sting Ray. 
Reported from off Palermo, as evidently this species, by Mr. 
Hartman. Mr. H. W. Hand says that sting-rays, possibly this 
species, are abundant in Delaware Bay, and about Green Creek, 
where they are used as fertilizers. They take crab, clam or fish 
bait and when taken on a line bite like a sea turtle, taking large 
circles without giving in in the least, when they may be exhausted 
after a time. They inflict painful wounds, the spines being 
dirty or slimy also cause much inflamation, and persons have 
been reported to have been injured for some time. The largest 
reach about 5 feet. Dr. Abbott says that he saw a sting ray, 
probably this species, taken from the coast of Belmar off the 
mouth of Shark River in the late eighties. 
Dasybatus hastata (DeKay). 
PLATE 79. 
Whip Sting Ray. 
Dasybatus say (Le Sueur). 
PLATE 80. 
Say’s Sting Ray. 
