159 

 Raja smithii, M. & H. 



Miill. & Henle, Flag. p. 150, pi. 48, fig. i, 1841 ; Gray, Chondropt. 

 p. 112, 1851 (South Africa) ; Blkr. Visch. v.d. Kaap, p. 58, 

 Name only, i860 (South Africa) ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 

 553, 1865 ; Glinth. Cat. Fish, viii, p. 467, 1870 (South 

 Africa ; Bosphorous ?) ; Gilchr. Cat. Fish. 1902, p. 168 

 (South Africa). 



Family TORPEDINIDAE. 



Torpedo, Dumeril. 



Torpedo, Dumeril, Zool. Analyt. 1806, p. 102 : Giinth. Cat. 

 Fish, viii, p. 448. 1870. 



Narcobatis, Blainville, Journ. Phys. 1816, p. 262. 



Tetronarce, Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1861, viii, 

 P- 387 ; Jord. & Everm. Fish. N. and Mid. America, p. 77, 

 1896. 



Torpedo hebetans, Lowe. 



Torpedo hebetans, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, 1841, p. 195 ; 



Giinth. Cat. Fish, viii, p. 449, 1870 (Plymouth ; Madeira ; 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic). 

 Torpedo nobiliana, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. 1841 ; Miill. & 



Henle, Plag. p. 128, 1841 ; Yarrell, British Fish. 2nd ed 



ii. p. 546, 1841, or 3rd ed. ii, p. 544, 1859 ; Dumeril, 



Elasmobr. p. 512, 1865. 

 Torpedo walshii, Thompson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1840, v, p. 292, 



or Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 256, 1856. 

 ? Torpedo emarginata, McCoy, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1841, vi, p. 407. 

 Torpedo nigra, Guichen. Explor. Algerie, Poiss. p. 131, pi. 8, 



1850. 

 Torpedo, Couch, Fish. British Isl. i, pi. 30, 1862. 



Note. — This species has also been identified by Dr. Boulenger 

 from off Cape St. Blaize, 31 fms. 



Torpedo marmorata, Risso. 



Narce or Torpedo, Bellon. De Aquat. i, p. 90, 1553 (Mediter- 

 ranean). 



Torpedo tertia et quarta, Rondel, p. 363, 1555. 



Torpille, Reaumur, Mem. Ac. Sc. Paris, 1714, p. 344, tab. 12, 

 fig. I, and tab. 13, fig. 2 ; Duhamel, Pesches, ii, p. 286, 

 tab. 13, 1777. 



Narcacion, Klein, Pise. Miss, iii, p. 32, Nos. 3 and 4, 1749. 

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