188 



j^XIV.— TOKPKDIMD.E. 



TOUPHDo. Diiiuciil. 



1. T. U( (.'iliKMAI,!.'-. 



Tho Torpedo or Cramp-Fisli. 



I)isk nt' l»()(ly iK'urlv circular: [x.'ctoral iius large: two dov- 

 sal iius [tiaecd so far l)ick .:s to he on the tail: f^urfaee of 

 body .smooth: tail short and ratlier thick: teeth .sharp and 

 small. Very broad across ])ectorals. which are rather less 

 tliaii hall' the entire length: caudal iiu nearly triangular, 

 .straight at its jiostei-ior margin. lOyes very small. AVIkiIc 

 upper surface dai'k lirown, t\itii a few, almost black, dots 

 distributed over it; beneath white. Length 4 feet 2 inches: 

 widtii ;! feet. 



/'. (H'cttlcufnHs, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. 11, p. 5Ti>. IX, 

 ISC.T, i>. 247, ]'l. ;V.), tig. ^:^. aud Proc. Bust. isoc. Nat. Hist. 

 li, p. 7. 



Said to occui' \ei'y rarely in the legion near the entrance 

 to ('he.sapeakc Jjay, and comts froui the ocean. 



LXY.— RAJAJD.E. 



IJA.TA, Artedi. 



i(. i:(;i-AMr:];iA. 



The Prick I V Skate, or Clear-Nosed Rav 



IJody tiat. semiorhicular behind, witli a wide, rminded 

 enuirginatiou each side betore, near tlie spiracles, anterioi' \n 

 which the edge is dilated o])posite to the eyes, and theu is 

 contracted so as to form a short, rounded rostrum. A longi- 

 tinlinal series of tVom nine lo twelve simple spmev on eaeli 

 side upiiu the [leetorals; tail longer titan the body, with two 

 fins at its ti]>, .Above rethlish. sjirlnkleil with snuill sj)ots: 



