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Records of the S.A. Museum 



UROLOPHUS Miiller & Henle, 1837 (cruciatus). 



UROLOPHUS CRUCIATUS Lacepede (Banded Stingaree). 



Raja cruciatahaaei)., Ann. Mus. Hist. Xal., iv, 1804, p. 201, 210, pi. Iv, %. 2. 

 Leiohatus crt<cl((fiis Blainv., Rnll. Soc. Pliilom., 181 (i, p. 121. 

 Urolophiis ephi'ppiatiis Rich.. Zool. Brcb. & Torr., 1845, p. 3."), pi. xxiv. 

 Urolophus cruciatus, Gihith., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., viii, 1870, p. 485; McCiill., 

 Endeavour Res., iv, 1916, p. 171. 



Fio'. 4.1. Vfdhtjilnis crucidt us. 



Sting-aree is the name assigned to the smaller forms, in whieh the tail is 

 of moderate length and jn-ovided with an ex])anded fin. The larger rays, with a 

 long whip-like tail, are called Stingrays, though the nomenclature is not ob.served 

 throughout Australia. The Banded Stingai-t'c is a (h'e])-water form, hence the 

 species geuei-ally taken l)y trawling. 



UROLOPHUS TESTACEUS Miiller & Henle (Stingaree). 



Trycjonoptera testacea Miill. & Henle, Plagiost, 1838, p. 174, pi. Ivii. 

 Vrolophus testaceus Giiuth., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., viii, 1870, p. 486: McCiill., 



Endeavour Res., iv, li)1.6, p. 174, pi. 1. 

 Trygon testacea Zietz, T.R.S., S.A., xxxii, 1908, p. 292. 



