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Suborder TECTOSPONDYLI. 



Family XXI. SQUATINIDiE. The Angel Sharks. 



Genus 43. SQUATINA Dumeril. 



Sqiiittiiiii l)iiiii(>ril, Zool. Aualyt., 102, ISOG {atigetua^zsquatina). 



78. Squatina squatina (Liniiipus). Monk-fish; Angel-fish ; Sqitato. 



Atlantic and Pacilk- coasts of the United States southward from Cape Cod and 



San Francisco; Mediterranean. 

 Squalus squatina Linna'us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 233, 1758, coasts of Eurojje. 



Order G. BATOIDEI. The Rays. 



Suborder SARCURA. The Thick-tailed Rays. 



Family XXII. PRISTIDiE. The Sawfishes. 



Genus 44. PRISTIS Latham. 

 Priatis Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc, ii, 1794, 276 (pristis). 



79. Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks. Fez de Espada. 



Tropical .seas, north to Mazatlan on the Pacific Coast; the West Indies. 

 Priatis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, Fishes of Sinaloa, 11, 1895, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



80. Pristis pectinatus Latham. Common Sawfish; Pes Sier7-a; Pes de Espada. 



Tropical seas; north to West Indies and Florida. 



Pristis pectinatus Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc, ii, 1794, 278, "in the ocean." 



Family XXIII. RHINOBATIDiE. The Guitar-Fishes. 



Genus 45. RHINOBATUS Bloch & Schneider. Cuitar-fishes. 

 Bhinobatua Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 353, 1801 (rhinobatus). 



81. Rhinobatus leutiginosus Garman. 



From Charleston, South Carolina, southward. 



Phinohatus lentiginosus Carman, Bull. M. C Z., vi, 168, 1880, coast of Florida. 



82. Rhinobatus stellio Jordan tfc Rutter. 



.Jamaica. 



Phinobatus stellio Jordan & Rutter, Fishes of Jamaica, 1896, Jamaica. 



83. Rhinobatus glaucostigma Jordan & Gilbert. Giiitarro. 



Gulf of California and southward. 



Phinobatus glaucostigma Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883,210, 

 Mazatlan. 



84. Rhinobatus leucorhynchus Giinther. 



Panama and vicinity. 



Phinobatus leucorhynchus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1866, 604, Panama. 



85. Rhinobatus productus Ayres, Guitar-fish. 



San Francisco to San Diego. 



Phinobatus productus Ayres, in Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 196, 

 Monterey. 



86. Rhinobatus perceUens (Walbaum). Fiddler-fish; Puraque. 



West Indies to southern Brazil. 



Paja perceUens Walbaum, Artedi Piscium. 52.5, 1792; after Marcgrave. 



87. Rhinobatus spinosus (Jiinther. 



Mexico. 



Phinobatus apinosus Giinther, Cat., viii, 518, 1870, Mexico. 



88. Rhinobatus planiceps Garman. 



Coast of Peru and Galapagos Islands. 



Phinobatus planiceps Garman, Bull. M. C. Z, vi, 168, 1880, Peru; Galapagos. 



