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Family RAIIDAE. 

 Raja (Artedi), Linn. 



Raja (Artedi), Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x, 1758, p. 231 ; Giinth. 



Cat. Fish, viii, p. 455, 1870"; Jord. & Everm. Fish. N. and 



Mid. Amer. p. 66, 1896. 

 Dipturus, Rafinesque, Caratteri di Alcuni Nuovi Generi, p. 16, 



1810. 

 Platopterus, Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, p. 93, 1815. 

 Dasybatus, Blainville, Journ. de Physique, 1816, p. 260. 

 Propterygia, Otto, Nova acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. 



curios, 1824, p. Ill (monstrous example, fins not adnata 



to head). 

 Laeviraja, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. xxv, p. 130, 1839. 

 Uraptera, Miill. & Henle, Flag. p. 155, 1841 (Species without 



caudal fin). 

 Batis, Bonap. Cat. Metodico, p. 12, 1846 (no description). 

 Malacorhinus, Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. xi, 1881, p. 236 



(species with imperfect rostral cartilage). 

 Raia, various authors, change of spelling. 



Raia batis, Linn. 

 {The Common Skate.) 



Raja, sp. No. 9, Artedi, Gen. p. 73, Synon. p. 102, 1738. 



Raja batis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x, i, p. 395, 1758 ; Bl. Ichth. 

 taf. 79, 1797 ; Bl. Schn. Syst. Ichth. p. 369, 1801 ; Turton, 

 Brit. Faun. p. no, 1807 ; Risso. Ichth. Nice, p. 3, 1810 ; 

 Holberg, Got. Vet. N. Handl. 1822, p. 21 ; Fleming, 

 British An. p. 171, 1828 ; Faber, Fische Islds. p. 33, 1829 ; 

 Jenyns, Man. p. 510, 1835 ; Nilss. Skandinav, Faun. Fisk. 

 p. 738, 1836 ; Fries, Vet. Ak. Handl. 1838, p. 158, pi. 3, 

 fig. 6 ; Kroy. Danmarke Fisk. iii, p. 978, 1838 ; Miill. & 

 Henle, Plagiost. p. 146, 1841 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd ed. 

 1841, 3rd ed. 1859, ii, p. 561 ; Malm, Oefvers. Vet. Ak. 

 Forh. 1857, p. 193 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish, viii, p. 463, 1870 

 (German Ocean ; Firth of Forth ; English coast ; Holland) ; 

 Herdm. & Daw. Fish. Irish Sea, p. 66, 1902 (common all 

 round British Islands). 



Skate, Pennant, British Zool. iii, p. 72, pi. 9, 1769 and ed. 1812, 

 iii, p. Ill, pi. II. 



Raja intermedia, Parnell, Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 1837, p. 166 

 and Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 1839, ^^^'^ P- 429. pl- 6, and 

 Werner. Mem. vii, p. 429, pi. 40 ; Yarrell, British Fish. 

 I.e. p. 558 ; McCoy, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1841, vi, 

 p. 406 (not Couch). 



