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Suborder MASTICURA. The Whip-tailed Rays. 



Family XXVI. DASYATID^. The Sting Rays. 



Genus 52. UEOLOPHTJS Miiller & Henle. Hound Sting Earjs. 



Uroloplius MuUer & Henle, Plagiostomen, 173, 1838 (miraniiacu8=:cruciatu8). 



115. Urolophus halleri Cooper. 



Coast of Califoruia from Point Conception southward. 



Urolophus halleri Cooper, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., iii, 1863, 95, San Diego. 



116. Urolophus nebulosus Garmau. 



Gulf of California to Panama. 



Urolophus nebulosus Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 41, Colima. 



117. Urolophus umbrifer Jordan & Starks. 



West coast of Mexico. 



Urolophus umhrifer Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, 17, 1895, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



118. Urolophus jamaicensis (Ciivier). Maid. 



West Indies, generally common; once (perhaps doubtfully) recorded from 



New Jersey. 

 Raja jamaicensis Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 1, 137, 1817, Jamaica. 



119. Urolophus mundus (Gill). 



Panama. 



Urotrygon mundus Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1863, 173, Panama. 



120. Urolophus goodei Jordan <fe Bollman. 



Panama. 



Urolophus goodei Jordan Xi Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 151, near 

 Panama. 



121. Urolophus aspidurus Jordan & Gilbert. 



I'anama. 



Urolophus aspidurus .Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 307, Panama. 



122. Urolophus asterias Jordan & Gilbert. 



Mazatlan to Panama. 



Urolophus asterias Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 579, Mazatlan: 

 Panama. 



123. Urolophus rogersi Jordan &. Starks. 



West coast of Mexico. 



Urolophus rogersi Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, P'ishes of Sinaloa, 16, 1895, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Genus 53. DASYATIS Kafinesque. Sting Ray". 



Dasyatis Rafinesque, Caretteri di Alcuni Nuovi Gen., 16, 1810 (ujo = pa8- 

 tinaca). 



Subgenus HEMITRYGOX MuUer & Henle. 



Hemitrygon Muller «fc Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, 90 (bennetti). 



124. Dasyatis centrura (Mitchill). Common Sting Ray; Stingaree; Clam Cracker. 



Coast of Maine to Cape Hatteras; abundant. 



Raja centrura Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815,479, New York. 



Subgenus DASYATIS Rafinesque. 



125. Dasyatis hastata (DeKay). Kit. 



West Indies to Brazil, north to Florida and Rhode Island. 

 Trygon hastata DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 373, pi. 65. fig. 214, 1842, Rhode 

 Island. 



