134 CATALOGUE OF BRITISH FISH. 



Sub-section 2. RAIL 



Pisces cartilap:inei, plani et lati, Ray, Syn. Pise 81. 

 Platosomia, Rafin. Anal. Nat. 93. 

 Raii, Gray, Cat. Cart. Fish. B. M.Sl. 



Fam. I. PRISTIDID^. 



Pristides, p., Mull. ^ Henle, Play. 105. 



PristinaB, Swains. Lardn. Cyc. Nat. Hist. Fish. ii. 219. 



PristididEB, Gray, Cat. Cart. Fish. B. M. 87. 



1. PRISTIS. 



Pristis, Latham, Miill. ^' Henle, 105. 

 Squalus, p., Linn. 

 Pristibatis, Blainv. Faune Fr. 



1. Pristis antiquorum. The Saw-Fish. 



Pristis antiquorum, Lath. Linn. Trans, ii. 277, pi. 26, f. 1 (Ros- 

 trum). Cuv. R. A.i'i. 395. Flem. Brit. An. 164. Jen. Man. 

 508. Bnnap. Cat. Met. 15.* Gray, Cat. Cart. Fish. B. M. 89. 



Squalus Pristis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 401. 



Pristis serra, Bloch, Schneid. t. 70. 



Pristis granulosa, Bloch, Schneid. 352. 



Pristis pectinata, Bloch, Schneid. t. 70, f. 1. 



Pristibatis antiquorum, Blainv. Faun. Fr. 50. 



Hab. — Coast (occasional visitor). 



Fam. II. RAJID^. 



Raidse, Swains. Lardn. Cycl. Fish. ii. 192. Gray, Cat. Cart. Fish 



B. M. 91 . 

 Rajag, Mull. 4- Henle, Plagiost. 103. 

 Raj idee, Bonap. Specchio Gen. 7. 

 Plat} soma, Lair. Fam. R. A. 110. 

 Sub-order, Rajidse, Miill. Wiegm. Arch. 1845, 137. 



