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Genus 46. ZAPTERYX Jordan & Gilbert. 



Zapteryx Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880. 53 {exasperatm). 



89. Zapteryx exasperatus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Platyrhina exasperata Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus, 1880, 32, San Diego. 



90. Zapteryx xyster .Jordan & Evermann. 



Zaptcriix xijster Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 65, 1896, 

 Panama. 



Genus 47. PLATYRHINOIDIS Garman. 



PJatyrhinoidis Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 522 {triseriaUts). 



91. Platyrhinoidis triseriatus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Coast of California from Point Conception southward. 



Flaiyrhina trlseriata Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 36, Santa Bar- 

 bara, California. 



Family XXIV. RAJIDiE. The Skates. 



Genus 48. EAJA (Artedi) Linnaeus. 

 Raja (Artedi) Linnwus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 231, 1758 (batis). 



92. Raja erinacea Mitchill. Common Slcate; Little Skate; Tobacco Box. 



Very abundant from Virsjinia northward to Maine. 



Baia erinacea Mitchill. Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, xi, 1825, 290, New York. 



93. Raja ocellata Mitchill. Big Skate. 



Coast of New York, Massachusetts, and northward. 



Eaja ocellata Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc, i, 1815, 477, New Y'ork. 



94. Raja fyllae Liitken. 



Davis Straits, Greenland. . 



Eaja fylld' Liitken, Yid. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kjobenh. 1887, 1, pi. 1, Davis 

 Straits. 



95. Raja radiata Donovan. 



North Atlantic ; both in America and Europe ; not common on our coast. 

 Baia radiata Donovan, Hist. Brit. Fishes, v, pi. 114, 1820, Great Britain. 



96. Raja plutonia Garman. 



Deep water off South Carolina. 



Bajaphdoma Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xi, 236, 1881, off South Carolina. 



97. Raja ackleyi Garman. 



Y'ucatan Banks. 



Baja ackleyi Garman. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xi, 235, 1881, Yucatan Banks. 



98. Raja ornata Garman. 



Coast of South Carolina and Florida. 



Baja ornata Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xi, 235, 1881, off South Carolina. 



99. Raja eglanteria Bosc. 



Cape Cod, southward to Florida; not very common. 



Baia eglanteria Bosc, in Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 103, 1800, Charleston, S. C. 



100. Raja senta Garman. 



Banks of Newfoundland to Cape Cod; in deep water. 



Baja senta Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 43, Cape Cod Bay ; Le Have Bank. 



101. Raja laevis Mitchill. Barndoor Skate, 



New England to Florida; not uncommon northward. 



Baja l(Bvis Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag., Ii, 1817, 327, New York. 



