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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



on base of each pectoral ; a smaller, round one, just inward from it, and 

 a third one just outward from the eye. These spots are often absent. 

 This skate is found in rather deep water from southern California 

 northward to Alaska. It reaches a length of 2^ feet. 



Fig. 11. The starry skate Raja stelliilata. Adult male. 



The Rock Skate (Raja montereyensis). 



This skate resembles the starry skate in having the region at each side 

 of the snout convex in outline, and in having a straight line (if drawn) 

 from the snout to the outer pectoral angle included within the outline 

 of the body. In all of the others such a line would pass outside of the 

 outline. It may be known from the starry skate by the rostral ridges, 



Fig. 12. Tlie rock skate Raja montereyensis. Adult male. 



