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Fig. 41. HjipiKifcc suhiiifjra. 



The larger forms of the family of electric rays are capable of giving very 

 powerful shocks. This s])ecies attains to over two feet in length and, in our 

 waters, is subject to peculiar distortion, which greatly changes its appearance. 



Family RAJIDAE. 



RAJA Linnaeus, 1758 (batis). 



RAJA LEMPRIERI Richardson (Skate). 



Fig. 42. Ihija lemprieri. 



